restore documents?

[grumpo]

Dw,
I reinstalled windows xp home edition.
>-----Original Message-----
>grumpo,
>
>did you reinstall or repair? (Did it involve a format
or not?)
>
>Dw
>
>"grumpo" > wrote in message
...
>> can anyone tell me how I can restore deleted files and
>> documents after reinstalling windows xp?
>> Something was wrong with the computer so a friend
advised
>> me to reinstall windows xp, which I did, and that was
>> fine except for the fact that everything that I had on
my
>> computer before is gone. Am I outa luck?
>
>
>
>.
>

[Dw]

If you reinstalled instead of repaired then the computer did a format.
Sorry to say, but your data is gone.

Dw


"grumpo" > wrote in message
...
> Dw,
> I reinstalled windows xp home edition.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >grumpo,
> >
> >did you reinstall or repair? (Did it involve a format
> or not?)
> >
> >Dw
> >
> >"grumpo" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> can anyone tell me how I can restore deleted files and
> >> documents after reinstalling windows xp?
> >> Something was wrong with the computer so a friend
> advised
> >> me to reinstall windows xp, which I did, and that was
> >> fine except for the fact that everything that I had on
> my
> >> computer before is gone. Am I outa luck?
> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[grumpo]

Dw,
Thanks for the info.I guess I'm outa luck.
>-----Original Message-----
>If you reinstalled instead of repaired then the computer
did a format.
>Sorry to say, but your data is gone.
>
>Dw
>
>
>"grumpo" > wrote in message
...
>> Dw,
>> I reinstalled windows xp home edition.
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >grumpo,
>> >
>> >did you reinstall or repair? (Did it involve a format
>> or not?)
>> >
>> >Dw
>> >
>> >"grumpo" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> can anyone tell me how I can restore deleted files
and
>> >> documents after reinstalling windows xp?
>> >> Something was wrong with the computer so a friend
>> advised
>> >> me to reinstall windows xp, which I did, and that
was
>> >> fine except for the fact that everything that I had
on
>> my
>> >> computer before is gone. Am I outa luck?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>
>.
>