"FromTheRafters"  wrote in message 
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>Buffalo laid this down on his screen :
>> Any method of restoring any of those files?
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>Restore them from the backups. I know, I know, but it has to be said.
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>No Vista OS disc might mean it has a restore to factory/recovery partition 
>instead.
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Yes, it has a Recovery partition.
He didn't even have System Restore turned on, let alone any backups. :)
I just posted in case someone found a 'new' way to recover those files.
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Buffalo 

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