All files in c drive got deleted

I restored my acer aspire 5580 notebook to restore factory settings. earlier i created a backup folder in in c drive. i lost all my important files! AND downloads :(

earlier the DATA(D:) showed zero memory. now it shows 20gb used memory. so i guess all my files hav gone into (D:) but when i try to open it, it says "folder is empty"

ho to retrieve my folders? please help, i'd really appreciate...

regards, pallavi.

Anonymous Dec 30, 2007

do u have cd produk for aspire 5584wxmi???

tq

best rgds

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I would suggest first you DO NOTHING on the laptop. Depending how important they are you could overwrite them while using the machine.

As for data recovery, stellar pheonix has a free trial. I suggest you use that.

Shoot me an e-mail and i can help you get this fixed.
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