I received a call from a friend of mine today, she was in a panic because her computer had crashed and she realized that it had been a while since her last backup. She has several important documents that she needs right now. Most often we do not realize just how important these files are on our computers until, all at once, they are gone. I once had a lady come to me in tears because she had re-installed Windows on her hard drive and lost over 3500 photos! Luckily I was able to get them all back using a great program called Recuva. I am sharing this with you to keep you from getting ripped off by some of these ridiculous repair stores who charge as much as $2,500.00 to recover files in severe cases. Recuva should be your first step, before contacting a repair shop. Am I losing potential income by telling you how to do this yourself? Sure, but I enjoy helping people and I hate to see someone get taken advantage of just because they are not very tech savvy.
Recuva is a very simple program to use, you can download it here if you run into any problems, do not hesitate to email me at thecommongeek@gmx.com I will walk you through it.
Brought to you by Dennis Keefe, The Common Geek
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