Needs major help to recovery doc with temp profile! (NEW)

W8it

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I'm new and I'm sorry but I know this have been covered on here before. I read a few post and try the methods but still no luck in figuring out where my 2 document for my class went. I need to find those 2 document before Monday, (MIDTERM PAPER!) and one is for my final due Thursday 23rd!

Here's what happened, Tuesday night when I went to shut off my laptop, there was an update. So of course it updated then shut down like normal. I didn't bother to check on what it was. The next day, I went to turn on my laptop to use and of course everything on my desktop was missing, like how most people described, like new again. I really don't know if it was a temporary profile that I was logged into but reading a lot of people's similar problems I have found on Google search made me think it was. Well, instead of restarting it, I needed to write my paper for my midterm and my final. I did everything, stayed up all night to write it. Turned my laptop off, Wednesday night. Turned it on in the afternoon to reread my paper Thursday evening. And there, my laptop was back to normal. Everything, icons, pictures, programs was back to how it was before the update. Now I can't find my papers I wrote! I've tried recovering it with EaseUS and Recuva like most people suggested but I still can't find it. I read on another forum that if it's a temp profile and there was a document saved, it's going to disappear just like the profile itself.

Is there a way I can get into that stupid Temporary Profile? I really need those 2 documents. I worked so hard!

Please, any suggestion will be really helpful right now!
 

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    HP Envy M6-N113DX
Right click on the Windows icon in the lower left corner, click search, type in the title of the doc and hit enter. Hope this helps you.


You can also use the search charm by putting your mouse pointer all the way to the right lower corner and click on "Search"...
 

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    Dell
Right click on the Windows icon in the lower left corner, click search, type in the title of the doc and hit enter. Hope this helps you.


You can also use the search charm by putting your mouse pointer all the way to the right lower corner and click on "Search"...

I have and like I've stated above, I've tried everything I could think of. I searched through over and over and over, yet still nothing. Went through file history and nothing. Like it was just a ghost, there then gone. Any other suggestions?
 

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    HP Envy M6-N113DX
Do you remember what type of document this was, Office, Notepad, other ? Are you sure you saved it ? Do you use Cloud ? Is there a USB devise plugged in ? Have you tried Recuva , EaseUS, or Search in Safe Mode ?
 

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    Dell
Do you remember what type of document this was, Office, Notepad, other ? Are you sure you saved it ? Do you use Cloud ? Is there a USB devise plugged in ? Have you tried Recuva , EaseUS, or Search in Safe Mode ?

No I have not tried Recuva or EaseUS or Search in safe mode? Newbie question, how would I get into safe mode on Windows 8?

And I'm pretty sure I saved it. It was in Notepad, saved into my Download folder.
 

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    HP Envy M6-N113DX
I see you live in California.

I can perform a data recovery for you if you live in the bay area.



otherwise you can try the free recovery tools, but the more you use the laptop, the chances you'll recover anything decrease exponentially.
 

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Please let us know if your issue was solved.
 

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    Dell
Very small chance but you may try opening notepad to see if the doc is there, also use the Windows search to find " My Downloads"
If no joy you can try safe mode please read carefully before going into safe mode ( in safe mode you cannot access the internet ) http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2757-safe-mode-start-windows-8-a.html

The doc. may be in your Recycle bin

Recycle bin have nothing but old files that haven't been dumped. First place I checked. I have already tried Notepad and My Downloads. Thanks

I see you live in California.

I can perform a data recovery for you if you live in the bay area.



otherwise you can try the free recovery tools, but the more you use the laptop, the chances you'll recover anything decrease exponentially.

A bit of a drive for me. What Recovery program would you recommend me to try? I mean if it's worth a shot, I can purchase it and give it a try or if there are any free trails then it'll be great!

Please let us know if your issue was solved.

Not yet solved. Still working on it. If I can't figure it out by Sunday. I'll just figure out what I wrote and start over, but on my desktop.
 

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    HP Envy M6-N113DX
What accounts show up under C:\Users? Seems like the doc you wrote would be stored under the temp account you were logged in as, not under your normal account.

One thing you can try, install Everything Search. Once installed, let it start and wait until it displays data, then in the input line, type .doc.
All files with .doc will be displayed. See if any of them are the one you want.
 

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Being that it was a "Temporary Account" there's a chance that any data you saved was only saved in memory, and not written to disk.

If that's the case then unfortunately there's nothing that can be done.


If you enable private messages on your profile, I'll send you something that will definitely find the file if the data is at all still present on the disk in any readable form.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Kernel 4.x
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5 3570K
    Motherboard
    P8Z77-V LK
    Memory
    G.skill Ripjaw Z 2133MHz 9-11-10-28
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX770 4GB Dual BIOS
    Sound Card
    Audigy 4 Pro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    32" SAMSUNG HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 progressive
    Hard Drives
    10TB total
    3 RAID arrays
    3 single disks
    PSU
    Corsair HX750
    Case
    Corsair R400
    Cooling
    Corsair H100
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    ~900mbps (~115MB/s) down, ~10mbps(~1.5MB/s) up
    Browser
    Firefox & Chromium
    Antivirus
    Common Sense
Temporary accounts still reside on the hard drive and should be listed under C:\Users.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
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    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
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