Is it possible to restore from shadow copies of a crashed harddisk?

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System Restoring Windows 7

1. Open the Start Menu.

A) Click on All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and System Restore.

2. Open the Control Panel (All Items View).

A) Click on the Recovery icon.
B) Click on the Open System Restore button.

A 'System Restore' window will appear. Here you will have to check "Restore computer to an earlier time'

A) Click on the Next button

Now you will find a window with Dates, Description and Type,

Note: It is better if you could remember from which date you are facing the issue, try to select a date prior to that date.

The detail of that particular date should show "System Checkpoint" and time on the right hand side box. Select that date.

Now, Click on Next and System Restore will start. Click on the Finish button and windows will take a reboot.

If you defragged it then it must have started. I would advise you to save all files you do not want to loose if you can get it started. Now ask yourself this question. What hardware or software changes have you made recently? Have you installed any hardware or downloaded any software at all? If so, that is your problem. Remove whatever you installed if possible, Try starting in Safe Mode.

Hello,

If you only your files to be copied in the other or any storage disk then you can remove the hard disk of your machine and then attached it to the other functional machine. in there you can browse and copy all the important files. after copying all your files then you can take back the hard drive to your non functional machine and then install new operating system. documentation found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316941

tell me if something wrong with your system when applying the solution.

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Hi,
Maybe your computer was infected by virus, if the cd installer is still with your have it re-install back-up your important files copy it to a dvd or cd before it become worse were all your important files will be lost.

Instead of adding the restore cd put the operating system cd & load the OS ..........but proir see that you have the backup of all of your documnet...........IF you have c/d/e drive then go directly to load the OS...........

Hi, I think that your os has been crashed. So insert your disk and boot your system and check that your BIOS will boot from CD (Boot preference - CD ROM). And install a fresh copy of your os. Let me know the result.

ya, u can do tat, it is possible,

the software is called as NORTON GHOST,
using this software, u can take the backup of any harddisk and exactely restore it in another harddisk,
usually, even for a capacity of 5 or 10gb, it just takes 10 to 15min, to complete the restore...

U can follow this link and try to do so,
this is the link for tat software

http://www.4shared.com/file/3366206/dc588c33/Norton_Ghost_2005_BR_Full.html?s=1

All your mail, your contacts, your calendars, and almost every other detail of your life is in Outlook. To make sure you don't lose all this in case of a hard disk crash or some other disaster, you can create backup copies of your Personal Folders (.pst) files — that's where Outlook stores all the essential data.
Back Up or Copy Your Outlook Mail, Contacts and Other Data To create a copy of your mail, contacts, calendar and other data in Outlook for backup or copying:

• Go to your Outlook folder in Windows Explorer.
• Highlight all files ending in ".pst".
  • Make sure in particular your selection includes "outlook.pst" and "archive.pst".
• Select Edit | Copy from the menu to copy them.
• Open the folder where you want to put your backup copies in Windows Explorer.
  • Ideally, this will be on another computer, on a removable disk stored far away from your home, somewhere on the Internet, or at least on a different hard disk.
• Select Edit | Paste from the menu to paste your .pst files to the backup location

Restore from Your Outlook Backup Your backup copy of Outlook data is now in place, ready to be restored when you need it.


Restore Outlook Mail, Contacts and Other Data from a Backup To restore your mail, contacts and other data from a backup copy of an Outlook PST file:

• Select File | Import and Export... from the menu in Outlook.
• Select Import from another program or file.
• Click Next.
• Highlight Personal Folder File (PST).
• Click Next again.
• Now use the Browse button to select the backup copy of the PST file you want to recover from your backup location.
• Make sure Replace duplicates with items imported is selected.
• Click Next.
• Finish the import process with Finish.

Usually, the default import settings work fine, but you may want to tweak them to suit your needs.
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