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Cathie
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08-16-2000

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Yes, it makes me wonder if diet Dr Pepper will be as sticky as the regular is in that situation. Hope not...

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
i spilled diet pepsi in my last laptop. killed it.

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Ouch! That's what I'm afraid of--death by Diet Dr. Pepper...

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
i did everything everyone mentioned here. i immediately lost the keys that were in the area of the spill, then slowly other keys on the keyboard, and finally it wouldn't boot up at all, all within the span of a few days. the tech said it was toast and pulled my hard drive so i had my info.

Karen
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09-06-2004

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Same thing happened to me a year or so ago, poured about a litre of water on the keyboard. Pulled out the harddrive, popped off the keys and dried the best I could, and waited ‘til the morning to put it all together. I lost the B and the V buttons (don’t work anymore) but everything else still works fine.

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Just a follow-up, the laptop is dead. RIP

Fortunately I have a great boss who is replacing it out of his budget instead of my dept budget...just hope the new one arrives in time for vacation!

Karen
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09-06-2004

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Can someone please point me in the right direction? A colleague was let go yesterday and I was given a 30MB .pst file from his Microsoft Outlook - all his emails, address book, etc.

I've gone through the import to bring them into mine but all I can see in my Outlook after importing the file is 113 emails in Inbox. No sent, no contact cards, definitely not 30 MB worth of stuff.

My question: where did it all go? As you can see, I imported "Clay's emails" and it showed up in the Archive Folders as it should. There are no sub folders to this. The folder "1. Active Dockets" was already mine, everthing else appeared there after importing the .pst file. There's nothing in that Sharepoint lists folder, either, and if I view my address book, there's nothing new. Cleaning up the mess this dude left would be a LOT easier if I had access to his files. (He was using his personal laptop so when he was let go, he copied us these files and took off, so this is all I have.)



Can anyone provide some insight?

Draheid
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09-09-2001

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 5:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
Karen: You should be able to copy the .pst file onto your computer, give it a name like 'Clay.pst' to distinguish it from your files. Then in Outlook, click on "File -> Open -> Outlook Data File' and browse to the file you are trying to access. This should open it and show up as another folder like your 'Archive Folders' above, with all the sub-folders that were setup on the laptop.

Hope this helps.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Help - I have accidently erased files off a thumb drive (last years accounting

Is there a file that I can download to recover these files that doesn't cost anything or I have to register and purchase after they recover my files.

Thanks

Draheid
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09-09-2001

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 4:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
Turbo File Unerase worked very well to recover accidentally deleted files from a memory card. It should work as well on your flash drive. And it's FREE.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
well tried that one, and it would recover the files but not undelete then. it also directed me to another one to download - Undeleter and they wanted money to to undelete ther files {sigh}

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure what the difference is between recovering the files and undeleting them? If it recovers them can you copy them to another drive?

Draheid
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09-09-2001

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 9:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
The only potential problem is if you have written anything to the flash drive after you deleted the files. If that is the case, recovery is extremely unlikely because the operating system presumed the space was useable and would write the new files over the old file content.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Friday, July 24, 2009 - 8:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
I can see the file I want, I cannot copy or transfer or drag it anywhere.

I just erased it yesterday - and realized 2 seconds after I did it that I did it :-(

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, July 24, 2009 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
If you see the file, can you click on it an open it? If you can, do that and then save it elsewhere. If it is showing up as a sort of shadowy looking icon, there is probably another step you'll need to take to finish the recovery.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, July 24, 2009 - 12:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I used this program once and it recovered nearly everything on my thumb drive.

http://www.isoftwarereviews.com/how-to-recover-deleted-files-lost-data-back-without-spending-any-money/

That said, I think you should reopen the program you used to get these recovered files and see whether there is another step as I suggested above.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Friday, July 24, 2009 - 5:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
If you're able to recover it, you might want to change the file name slightly when you save it - just to be sure.

Ktbb
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08-10-2003

Friday, July 24, 2009 - 8:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ktbb a private message Print Post    
Is anyone else having any problems with avg detecting all itue folders as viruses.

Ktbb
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08-10-2003

Friday, July 24, 2009 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ktbb a private message Print Post    
Ok I researched it and it looks like avg got a wild hair up it's .... but that it is a false positive.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
well it is better to be safe then sorry Ktbb

Huk, will try that one when I get more time this week.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
so I had checked messages and was working my way through them. I clicked on one message and all of a sudden IE windows started opening one after the other, I couldn't click on the X fast enough, finally a box opens asking if I want to close all tabs. So of course, now I don't have all the messages that were posted from my last check - very annoying.

What causes this to happen, it has happened to me a couple of times before.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Never had that happen before, Dipo. I for sure would run my antivirus and spyware detector programs.

But as consolation, (and I presume you are talking about New Messages at TVCH), you can go to the New Messages Search screen and instead of checking for all messages since you last checked, check for messages posted in the last 12 hours or whatever time frame you want. I use that when I inadvertently shut the New Messages list without meaning to.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 7:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
thanks Juju, I didn't know there was a smaller search than the last 3 days!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Friday, July 31, 2009 - 10:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Not sure what I'm supposed to be shopping for. Comcast is coming out next Thurs to setup 1-mg Internet Svc @ $24.95/mo (permanent charge, not the fancy promotional). I gather it's not the highspeed DSL. I'm contented with my dialup that I've always used, but after changing to Comcast for the landline, my Callwave incoming message software no longer works when I'm online.

Turned out Callwave requires phone feature
"Call Forwarding Busy Line - Expanded" @ 45cents/mo at Quest.

Comcast guy insists they don't offer that feature, just "Call Forwarding".

He said this new Internet Svc can only be hooked up on ONE single computer (or I would have to buy another acct to cover my Sister's computer in bedroom directly below). He said I could get something called a Wireless Router - or maybe it was a Wireless Adapter, not sure now which. He guessed at Best Buys they were running now about $40. But it would send signals around the house to allow her computer to work too.

When I went in to look, it seems that Router vs. Adapter are two different things and I am totally stymied. Does anyone know what I should be shopping for? I want to have it purchased and on hand for when that Comcast Tech comes next Thurs. TIA, if anyone knows!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Friday, July 31, 2009 - 10:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Might add, it was a bummer of a birthday last week. Not a single call from family to wish me HB. Turned out they called, but their calls were all forwarded to my new Comcast Voicemail that I didn't know I had. Younger Sis said she even sang HB to some "strange lady recording", that's how we finally figured Callwave wasn't working anymore.

Tomorrow I need to figure out how to access those voicemails. After Dad & Older Sis passed away a few months ago, it really turned into a surreal birthday, never realized just how much I enjoyed their calls every year. At least I figured out how to save old messages from Callwave to my harddrive, so I can still hear their voices even after I stop the Callwave svc.