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NOTE FROM EGG: This thread is to do with Suunto losing all his xar files (see next post). Somehow it got mixed up in Behzads original thread "Xara Xtreme: I use it for print publication and also website graphics. What do you use it for?:rolleyes:"
To uncomplicate matters I've split the thread into two seperate threads.
looks like nothing anymore :eek:
my folder with all my xara documents in..........is now empty :mad: i wouldnt' delete them, i keep everything but when i went to the folder there was nothing in it??? i don't know where they've gone......i checked recycle bin and run a recover files program just in case but nothing :confused:
i keep shutting my documents down and re-opening just in the hope they have returned . . . . . . nothing :( :(
gutted is not the word :( :( going to sulk for a bit now............hope a penny drops and i can figure out how they disappeared
do a search for *.xar?:eek:
thanks.........just finished and nothing :confused: i would never delete them and the empty folder is there so i'm totally at a loss to where they are :(Quote:
Originally Posted by raynerj1
all i got was program files
As this appears to have just happend, you might have some luck with a deleted file recovery program such as this one.
http://www.snapfiles.com/opinions/PC..._Recovery.html
...good luck :D
Thanks very much SledgerQuote:
Originally Posted by sledger
i've ran a search on my external hard drive in case they somehow got moved to there............nothing
so they must be deleted but i don't know how,............i've tried 'recover my files' program......it has an option for xara files..........it found one but it was a one i done for my brother so deleted it once done........its the only xara file i've deleted on purpose and it found it........nothing else
downloading from your link now.......its defo worth another shot
cheers
:D
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Originally Posted by sledger
well i had some luck. . .
it was bad :(
When was the last time you defraged? Could be your fat table is just really goofed up... Try that... and maybe a scan disk...
You could always do a search for .xar in a dos window and see if you can find em...:)
Ahhh! :eek: Don't defrag before trying to recover files! :eek: You will run a huge risk of overwriting clusters containing parts of your missing files. If you defrag, even the C.I.A. will have to put in overtime to find (and put together) your missing files!Quote:
Originally Posted by raynerj1
It's better that you try an other recovery program as you had problems with the one suggested by Sledger. If you hang in there, I'm sure he, or other members can suggest some other program.
1. Files don't disappear by themselves - you either did something accidentally, or you have a huge problem - like a virus or an application that messes with your file system in a way it shoudln't.
Again, hang in there!
Risto
Suunto - it appears that you have stayed with the Windows option to hide file extensions... it is barely possible that Windows for some reason has decided that .XAR files are system or hidden files and therefore won't show them to you... in Explorer (not Internet Explorer), go to Tools > Folder Options > Files and Folders > Hidden files and folders and click on "Show hidden files and folders." Take the checkmark (tick) off "Hide extensions for known file types" and "Hide protected and operating system files (recommended)." ... fingers crossed... this is only a maybe
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Originally Posted by suunto
Make sure you haven't installed on the drive you wish to recover files from.
As per the warning on PC Inspectors home page
"To be able to use PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x you need a working WINDOWS™ System. Never install the current version on the drive from which you intend to recover data! The software must be installed and run on a second, independent drive."
Good thought, though even with extensions hidden (off) searching for *.xar will still give results, albiet without showing the extension :) (unless it's a shortcut, which is technically not a file type, so will show a pseudo extension)Quote:
Originally Posted by DGehman
Hi,
This thread was covering 2 entirely different subjects. If you're looking for the "What do you use Xara Xtreme for?" thread click HERE
Thanks...............of all the files to dissapear it has to be my xara ones :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Risto Klint
Thank you.................that was the first thing i tried to see if they were still in the folder, i kept even having a sneak look later to see they had miraculously returned ;) :(Quote:
Suunto - it appears that you have stayed with the Windows option to hide file extensions... it is barely possible that Windows for some reason has decided that .XAR files are system or hidden files and therefore won't show them to you... in Explorer (not Internet Explorer), go to Tools > Folder Options > Files and Folders > Hidden files and folders and click on "Show hidden files and folders." Take the checkmark (tick) off "Hide extensions for known file types" and "Hide protected and operating system files (recommended)." ... fingers crossed... this is only a maybe
you got me sledger.......i had done that but corrected it later..........still nothing :(Quote:
Make sure you haven't installed on the drive you wish to recover files from.
As per the warning on PC Inspectors home page
"To be able to use PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x you need a working WINDOWS™ System. Never install the current version on the drive from which you intend to recover data! The software must be installed and run on a second, independent drive."
i'd love there to be a simply solution and i post it on here and feel like a right t** :p i'd rather that than not find them :( :( thanks for all your help guys, i hadnt' wanted to get two topics going on one thread.....just wanted to say what i used xara for............................nothing :eek:
have i done this correctly? should i be searching for .xar or *.xar ??
heres what .xar got
got this too :confused:
Time to back up any other files that you still have and wish to keep..
Depends on the software doing the scanning. I assume you have tried both?Quote:
have i done this correctly? should i be searching for .xar or *.xar ??
Assuming PC Tools isn't giving false messages, I'd take Paulands advice, then consider buying a new HDD and reinstall.Quote:
got this too
As for finding your lost files, well it depends how much time you want to spend at it vs how important the files are. One would hope that if they were mission critical, they'd have been backed up in the first place.
SPINRITE is a tool HDD recovery that I have used with success, but the process can take anywhere from hours to days to complete (depending on the size of the HDD and the speed of the PC) It will also cost you $89, which may just be better spent on the new HDD you probably need right now.
And, if the files are important, there are companies that specialize in recovering hard drves.
:)Quote:
Originally Posted by pauland
yeah man...........lesson learned, next time i have some files i'll do that :D
they were mission critical and weren't backed up :o i'll try spinrite, thanks for the tip ::):):):):):)Quote:
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have i done this correctly? should i be searching for .xar or *.xar ??
Depends on the software doing the scanning. I assume you have tried both?
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got this too
Assuming PC Tools isn't giving false messages, I'd take Paulands advice, then consider buying a new HDD and reinstall.
As for finding your lost files, well it depends how much time you want to spend at it vs how important the files are. One would hope that if they were mission critical, they'd have been backed up in the first place.
SPINRITE is a tool HDD recovery that I have used with success, but the process can take anywhere from hours to days to complete (depending on the size of the HDD and the speed of the PC) It will also cost you $89, which may just be better spent on the new HDD you probably need right now.
thanks, they are for my new website, i make everything in xara first................. file recover and recover my files didnt' find anything? could be they aren't deleted!!! but if they're not, i dont' know where they are or how they got there :confused:Quote:
And, if the files are important, there are companies that specialize in recovering hard drves.
thanks all :) :)
Hi,
Maybe a longshot,but do you remember a filename?
Try to find this and you'll might find a xar file with another extension
then you might find the other files by searching on this extension
Hans
I know this sounds really stupid but didn't you ever do a backup?:(
I bet 99% of us don't backup as often as we should..Quote:
Originally Posted by aridzone
and don't even mention organising them ;)
doesn't sound stupid at all....................................not like how i feel now..lolQuote:
Originally Posted by aridzone
put me number one in that list :oQuote:
I bet 99% of us don't backup as often as we should..
is that gibberish your talking ;) :DQuote:
and don't even mention organising them
i had two programs running all day yesterday..................one already had xara files in the search option and nothing........ so that either means they aren't deleted or i got big problems with my hard drive or they are still on my computer but hidden or.............i'm a T** for not backing them up...........answers on a post card please :)
Some good has come out of this - I'm going to do a backup run..
cool :) me tooQuote:
Originally Posted by pauland
i now have two xara files..........got all (two) of them backed up now :D
Have you tried running CheckDisk (Start->Run->chkdsk)? Probably not going to do too much if you've already tried some recovery tools, but if there's anything hinky about the directory structure of your disk, it might fix the problem.
Actually come to think of it you should probably open a command prompt and run it from there. Otherwise the console window will disapear when it's done running and take with it anything it might have told you that could be important.