910 urgent advice needed re cock up.

Rexer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 34

I think i may have just

my tomtom. i was trying to do a full backup as iv read on hear so many times, i plugged it in to the pc and opened up tomtom f:\ in my computer. i highlighted everything in my tomtom drive and dragged it in to a file i named tomtom 910 backup, i checked it after a while and it had stopped as my hard drive ran out of space even though it had 9.5 gig spare to start with, so i just canceled it and went to delete all the stuff it had managed to copy when i realised i was still in the tomtom drive arrrrggghhhh. so i hit cancel but i think some stuff is missing from my tomtom as there is maps missing and i think i noticed a lot missing from the tts folder. is there anyway of recovering this or will i have to try and explain my cock up to a. pixmania where i bought it from or b.tomtom.
please help as its only 3 days old and i need it for a change of job in 2 weeks doh!

Nick

ps im not a complete retard i just made a silly mistake.

Daaave · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject:

Check the recycle bin on the computer, make sure the TT is plugged in (so the removable drive shows up) then open the recycle bin and highlight all the files then click 'restore'.

I'm guessing it should work!

Rexer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 34

i tried that and there was nothing in the bin, i will try this again. thanks for the quick reply

Border_Collie · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject:

This FREEBIE is pretty good.

Rexer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 34

Rexer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 34

just recovered 94 deleted files back on to the tomtom but there is maps missing. i now only have north america and western europe, im sure there was 3 others on there before. canary islands ect

what now?

Border_Collie · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:04 pm Post subject:

Border_Collie · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject:

Start Recuva again and go to options and tick the top two boxes. Not sure if that will find the missing ones but worth a try.

Rexer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 34

no, scrap that its put a load of files in the root folder but not where they are supposed to go, and the programme i used just then says the files are unrecoverable. aaarrrrgggghhhhh please help.......

Border_Collie · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject:

Shame it didn't work Sad

, maybe someone will come up with a better idea or maybe tell you where the recoved files should go.

Rexer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 34

it did revover some files but they are unreadable, i saved them in a temp file and tried to access them. there was a few jpgs that i had put on then deleted but these were unreadable. do you think i should send it back?

Rexer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 34

an example of my files is my LoquendoTTS folder, it only has 3 folders in it and they are german spanishEs and lib im sure there was loads more than that in there before. and the maps that just vanished, now when i start the tomtom i have to select the eirope map every time.

mikealder · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject:

Send it back as DOA and get another one, but with the next one make sure you have adequate space to back up the entire drives contents, little point in messing around trying to recover files and folders that have been messed up - three days old - send it back - Mike

Border_Collie · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:16 am Post subject:

Rexer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 34

Thanks mike, but should i be honest or play dumb?

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