i’m screwed…i think.

tonight i was changing some settings on my 2 year old mac iBook (the last powerPC version) and I restarted it.

Suddenly I’ve lost all my files that were on my desktop (folders and all their contents). Data is gone. Student records are gone. Class materials are gone. Teaching materials are gone. Pictures are gone. Strangely enough though my harddisk space was not changed! it appears that they are still on my harddrive but macOS X can’t see them for some reason.

At the same time, not only did i lose some files but not others (the ones in folders like Music, Pictures are not affected but the ones in Documents are). God I’m stressed. This shit wasn’t backed up. Some of my passwords may be deleted too but I’m not sure.

Lastly, I forgot to register my extra warranty protection on my mac so I probably won’t be able to get free tech support from the Apple Store. Help. I need to get some of those files back and figure out if my system is really compromised. thanks.

hey pals…my computer(IBM R50e windows XP) is giving me some problem and i wud like to format it.
Now i also want to keep a backup of some of the data like "movies and music"
can u guys please help me out in this
plz answer my query step by step from the beginning as i dont know how to format the computer
please help

I want to be able to create a boot camp partition however boot camp assistant is telling me I can’t because it can’t move particular files on my hard disc and I need to backup my data, format my hard disc and repartition it and restore my data.
I have a up-to-date Time Machine backup.

What I want to know is will this restore absolutely everything including my application preferences desktop background, my dock, my safari history, the positions of my icons on my desktop, all my mobile-me stuff, my customisations…. etc absolutely everything, or does it only back up data such a music and pictures?

Thanks so much in advance!!

I have recently got a free version of Zone Alarm firewall becuase my LITTLE sister somehow got a virus and i think i removed it with AVG anti virus but when i turn off zone alarm pop-ups occur a lot, and when i use a search engine, when i click on a result, i will get redirected to add websites all the time. Also, when I watch movies, music, etc the audio and video stops for a split second like a scratched cd, I know this is becuase of Zone Alarm so i want to delete zone alarm. Plus Zone Alarm just takes up a lot of ram.

So, I want to be able to reamove zone alrm and my virus, or get a different FREE firewall, I tryed turning on windows firewall before i got zone alarm, but it turned right back off. I already have AVG anti virus (free) and it great. THANKS SO MUCH FOR HELPING

I need to update my laptop from Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional. I need to create a backup data of my laptop because Windows 7 Professional will clean my laptop and wont keep old files. I just need backup files of documents (I don’t know how big they are but they are just school project/papers), spreadsheets, and music. Which should I get a CD or DVD to make a backup? How big do they need to be? Is it possible to put all data in USB (2g)?

Thank you!

Well, I dropped my Compaq Presario and cracked the monitor. It cost about 0 to fix the screen but the laptop itself cost that much so I got a Dell Inspiron and I backed up all of my documents, pictures, videos and music to an external hard drive. Now, I’m wondering if I can restore it to my current laptop without messing anything up.

I am thinking about storing my videos and music on an external drive. but since I currently use DVD’s I was wondering if USB 2.0 is faster then reading a DVD or should I invest in esata since I know that’s way faster then bot combined (which the cost would agree with).

I am currently running:

Avast Free Edition
Windows Defender
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (free edition)

Is this good protection? I download music/movies and surf the web mostly.
I also have Windows Firewall enabled.

I have a Windows Vista desktop btw.

When my alarm gets me up, it doesnt WAKE me up. Not like ice cold water being dumped on you from above. But Im not willing to try that. So……what do you do? What wakes you up? Music? Dancing? Eating? Jumping Jacks or exercise? That ice water thing? Dying to know for ten points!

I have gone into all programs, accessories, system tools, backup I have selected the backup wizard advanced option and clicked next.

Which of the 3 options should I select if I am backing up in preparation for a clean install?

Backup everything on this computer,
Backup selected files drives or network data and
Only backup the system state data

Which of those 3 options should I select in preparation for a clean install of windows XP
My pictures, music and videos are my main concern.

I’m getting my laptop fixed next week, and instead of having to pay to get my stuff backed up, are there any other ways that i can back up my files? Mainly photos(about 600), music(about 1,000 songs) and maybe a few programs. I do own a 1 gb data traveler but it’s not enough to fit all these things.

Is there any good techno/trance/rave music out there that sounds like a car alarm or starts from a car alarm?

Im getting a new laptop in about 3 - 4 days (depending on how much longer the shipping takes). I backed up all my important files, music and data. have backup disks for all my programs. now all my saved websites on firefox, is there a way to save them or back them up simply?

When I log in with my colleagues login password, Cannot open the files on drives E and F(both NTFS) which I encrypted for security. Drives C(Program Files) and D(Drivers, music and pictures) are Fat32, though. How can I access these files? Any Password cracker I can use or data recovery service which can be of help? (Windows XP, 3.0 Ghz HT technology, 160 GB HDD, 512 MB DDR RAM)

My computer all of the sudden 2 weeks ago sort of crashed and I need to restore the system, but before I do I want to attempt to retrieve the data that is still on the computer. Is this something I can do myself and if so how do I do it?I had taken it to get diagnosed at Best Buy and they wanted to charge me 0 to do a data backup and then another 0 for the restore. I have the system disks and can restre it on my own. I just don’t know how to retrieve any data that I have still on the computer before I do so. Things like music and pictures ect. ANy help or should I pay the 0 and then restore it myself?
What is and where do I find the hard-disk?
I do appreciate the suggestion and although I can restore a hard drive or something pretty basic I really dont know what anything is or where it goes so very explicit instruction would be helpful. Also It is an HP opperating off of Vista Home Premium

I just bought a new house and I want to learn how to turn it into a smart home, whereby I can automate my lights and appliances. I also want to have some video surveillance and be able to play music in multiple rooms around the house. Where can I find an online tutorial for something like this?

Whats up guys, I got a problem, I’ve gone through about 17 or 18 jobs now. The problem is I can never keep a job without either confliciting with one of the workers or boss or finding an easy enoughjob that doesn’t make me want to cry before I go in. I know I need a lot of pshychological help but thers no chance of that so i’ve given myself permission to find a situation that works and smoke what works to keep me optimistic. I’ve worked at factories, they’re way to fast paced, I’ve telemarketed, thats too hard, (Stress/sale consistancy), I’ve done data entry for a relatively easy contract it wasn’t 10 key stroke #’s (plus I was allowed to listen to music). I’ve done a lot of things, department stores etc. I’m about to move to Toronto Canada and I want to know, whats something that would leave me be to myself, I could possibly listen to music, doesn’t require a super amount of effort, and I could smoke at? Custodian? Night Security? i don’t have a liscence and a recluse stoner

I have a Western Digital hard drive, and it’s been ticking for a couple of days now, and now it won’t even show up on My Computer. There is a TON of music on it, is there anyway to recover the data from it? I know ex HDDs are supposed to be for backups, but if they go bad, what’s the point! My cousin, and now this, both Western Digitals, went bad. I will never buy a Western Digital product again.

I would like to add music and maybe video to a micro SD card that is for my Blackjack. I have an adapter that allows me to put it in my card reader and the computer reads it but when i try to add data like a single song it says: This disk is write-protected. remove the write-protection or use another disk. how do i fix this?

I need to backup my iTunes for windows library, which has about 977 songs, and I have heard you can back it up with cds, dvds, or data cds/dvds. Which one is the better route for using the minimum amount of discs and also most of my music was purchased from iTunes would that affect the protection of those songs? I know I have made mix cds before though off of my library so they burned onto those fine. If anyone can help that would be great.