Got this from another group....not that I will TRY this was just curious as to if it's true? THIS PROGRAM AS SUCH WILL WIPE YOUR HD COMPLETE INCLUDING OS (oPERATING sYSTEM)I DON'T KNOW WHO IS TRYING TO PULL ON MEMBERS. MAYBE SOMEONE IS MAD AT THE GROUP FOR SOME REASON. MY EX-HUSBAND IS A PROGRAMMER FOR THE UNITED STATES GOV AND HE FOLLOWED THESE STEPS AS A TEST TO MAKE SURE AN IF IT WASN'T FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE IT WOULD HAVE WIPED OUT THE WHOLE ssa MEDICARE SYSTEM. THIS ISN'T FUNNY I found this on a web site, link below, It worked for the guy who had origanally asked the question! Hope it works for you too! Good luck, Maz Originally Posted by trickyt: Don't worry, every file you ever created is still on your hard disk! Even if you have deleted them, emptied the recycle bin and written all over the disk. It is still ALL there. EVERY file you ever created, deleted or not! It is just very hard to get at. This is an undocumented "feature" of Windows!!!!! !!! ALL THE FILES YOU EVER CREATED ARE THERE - INCLUDING EVERY WEB PAGE YOU EVER VISITED, EVERY PHOTO YOU TOOK, EVERY SONG YOU DOWNLOADED, AND OF COURSE ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS - INCLUDING THE DELTED ONES! MICRO$OFT keeps these files well hidden. A hard disk search will not find them. Explorer will deny their existence and even deny the existence of the directory or folder in which they are located. Even MS DOS will deny the existence of the folder where they are located. Follow these simple steps to see your deleted files and to retrieve them. Click Run, select All Programs, go to Accessories, and choose "command prompt". Now you are in a DOS window, Type CD\ Type CD RECYCLER (Now you are in an invisible folder called "Recycler) TYPE DIR /AD Now you will see the name of your invisible folder. It will be something like this: S-1-5-21-484763869- 790525478- 682003330- 1004 Change to this secret folder by typing CD S-1-5-21-484763869- 790525478- 682003330- 1004 (or whatever the secret name is that you see......) Now type DIR /P /S (You will see a list of your files) Find the file you want, and note down the sub-folder where it is hidden. Now change to that folder - e.g. by typing CD DC1 (Warning, your deleted files may appear to have changed name, but they are easily recognisable from their extensions (e.g. .JPG for pictures, .DOC for Word files etc...) Now Copy the files you want back to a location where you can find them. e.g. to copy them to the TEMP directory type COPY *.* C:\TEMP\*.* (This will copy all files from the current folder to the C;/TEMP folder. To copy just the JPG files type COPY *.JPG C:\TEMP\*.* Now you have it. Your Deleted files are restored!!!! !!! Here is the link to the web site i was on... http://www.anetforu ms.com/posts. aspx?ThreadIndex =29625 __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (3) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Database | Polls MARKETPLACE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blockbuster is giving away a FREE trial of - Blockbuster Total Access. Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity a.. 33New Members Visit Your Group New business? Get new customers. List your web site in Yahoo! Search. Dog Fanatics on Yahoo! Groups Find people who are crazy about dogs. All-Bran Day 10 Club on Yahoo! Groups Feel better with fiber. . __,_._,___ -- "May GOD have his arm around your shoulder and his hand over your mouth! " No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.5/1568 - Release Date: 7/23/2008 6:55 AM --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------