AOL Took a Dump

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40

March 09, 2006, 10:48:00 PM
The AOL program took a dump on one of our computers.....The wife talked to a tech and after assuring her that nothing would be lost,she continued to follow his instructions.....Well....Guess What  :roll: I just got a new computer for myself and had transferred my address book but hadn't gotten around to moving my Favorites.....They are now GONE! Any chance of recovering them??Any ideas?? Thanks!!
"The one who dies with the most friends wins"

rooster

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March 09, 2006, 11:16:56 PM
Quote from: "40"The AOL program took a dump on one of our computers.....The wife talked to a tech and after assuring her that nothing would be lost,she continued to follow his instructions.....Well....Guess What  :roll: I just got a new computer for myself and had transferred my address book but hadn't gotten around to moving my Favorites.....They are now GONE! Any chance of recovering them??Any ideas?? Thanks!!

I would think you could log in to aol and they would be there. Try it! If you can still read the drive, look in the directory of c: aol/favorits ( or somthing like that, then copy it!

40

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March 09, 2006, 11:40:16 PM
Nothing left.....the idiot tech talked her into deleting everything AOL and reinstalling everything :evil:
"The one who dies with the most friends wins"

unklian

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March 10, 2006, 12:02:09 AM
Good news:There are Data Recovery Specialists who can recover
almost any deleted data,from your hard drive,as long as it hasn't
been writen over.Not a problem.




Bad News:They don't do it out of the goodness of their hearts,
so expect to pay.



Depends on how valuable the info is to you.

river1

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March 10, 2006, 12:02:55 AM
i can't help get them back but can help not lose them in the future. periodicly i will send a copy of my favorites to my junk mail (yahoo)mailbox. then if my puter crashes or i'm at another puter i can log on to yahoo and find them.

later jim

PS the best thing i ever did was get rid of AOL :D
Most people have a higher than average number of legs.

40

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March 10, 2006, 12:13:25 AM
Not worth paying to recover.....mostly just parts/supplier/tech sites....this place is about as good of a resource as a guy needs :P I agree.....AOL sucks.....we have a cable hookup as well but like using the AOL mail setup....just old habit I guess....probably should quit paying for both services and use the extra money to buy beer! Great idea for a backup...Thanks!
"The one who dies with the most friends wins"
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