Help recovering files

I recently had a problem with my computer and I had to reinstall vista. My question is: am I able to some how get the files from before I reinstalled vista. The only files I've really wanted is all my music. It was about 14 GB of music. Is any way to get that back?

If you have an installation clean back to factory settings, you normally wiped your hard drive clean during the process.

You can try this program:

http://www.SnapFiles.com/get/Recuva.html

Recuva is a file undeletion tool that allows you to analyze your hard drives or media cards for files that have been deleted or formatted. It presents you a list of files that have been found, as well as an assessment of their potential for recovery, a preview option, and a hex viewer to inspect the content. You can limit your search to files of a certain type (e.g. images, audio etc.) and choose between a quick and a thorough analysis approach. The program also includes a secure deletion option that allows you to permanently delete files that were found while parsing, to avoid any future recoveries.

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Find a windows.old folder, because we don't know exactly how you have installed.

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/933209

How to recover files from an earlier version of Windows in Windows Vista

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If none of the above solves your problem, try data recovery companies.

Be warned: they are $$$

See you soon.

Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

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