System Restore

[thisislong]

Okay this is what happened. I wanted to run my laptop in safe mode but it must of froze cos it was on one part for an hour. So i switched it off from the on button (it was my only choice) and restarted it. When every thing loads up now most off my files are gone, my wallpaper has turned to defult and so are all my other settings i think. So im guessing a system restore will fix everything but infact every time i try it, it says something along the lines of "System Restor Incomplete" or "System Restore has failed". Can some one please either tell me an alternative to a system restore or if system restore will fix the problem, how i can fix the system restore? Thanx

[stevie21]

I don't think that your files will really be deleted, it's probably just that your system has set up a new set of default things to display to you in place of the settings that you're used to seeing (if that makes sense).

If you look in the
C:\Documents and Settings
folder then it'll list various users. One might be the new you, another the old. The "missing" files may be in there.

Is it just your settings that have gone wonky? It's not that programs are no longer installed?

Oh, finally - you've triggered one of my pet hates...
"it must of froze..."
Please, in future, say and type "it must have" or I'll go even more round the bend. Thank you :-)

[thisislong]

i have no idea what happened. All i know is that things like cookies, wallpaper and things like that are gone. Even though u say my files should be in that folder i dont see them. Its mostly music thats gone missing.

[stevie21]

In that case, double click on "my computer", right click on C Drive and then choose
"search..."
and search for "mp3" top see what it finds and where it finds it.

[thisislong]

do u know how i can just make the settings just go back to how it was before?

[stevie21]

Well, are the files there or not? If they've been deleted then so have your settings.
Usually System Restore will the way to go to put your PC back the way it was but if you're having trouble with this then you may have to start from scratch.