Microsoft KB Archive/934967

= How to install FileRestore on a computer when data on the computer has been lost =

Article ID: 934967

Article Last Modified on 7/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Winternals Administrator's Pak 4.2
 * Winternals Administrator's Pak 5.0

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to install FileRestore on a computer when data on the computer has been lost.

Note FileRestore is a component of Winternals Administrator's Pak.



MORE INFORMATION
You can install FileRestore on a computer when data on that computer has been lost. However, the following conditions must be true:
 * You have not installed any applications after data was lost.
 * You have not written any data to any disk of the computer after data was lost.
 * You have stopped all scheduled defragmentation.
 * You have stopped all applications on the computer such as Microsoft Outlook and Windows Internet Explorer.
 * You have disconnected any removable devices, such as a floppy disk drive, from the computer.
 * You have stopped the network traffic on the computer temporarily.

To recover the lost data, you must do the following:
 * Install FileRestore on another computer or on a shared network folder that is available to the computer that experienced the loss of data.
 * Use this installation to restore the lost data.
 * Install FileRestore on the computer that experienced the loss of data.

Install FileRestore on another computer, and use this installation to restore lost data

 * 1) Install FileRestore on another computer, or install FileRestore on a shared network folder.
 * 2) Copy the Winternals license key text file to the computer or to the network shared folder where you installed FileRestore.
 * 3) Copy the FileRestore.exe file from the FileRestore installation directory to the computer or to the shared network folder on which you installed FileRestore.
 * 4) Run FileRestore from the computer or from the shared network folder, and then specify the computer on which data has been lost.

Note When you are prompted to provide the license key, locate and then select the license key text file.

Install FileRestore on the computer that experienced the loss of data
After you have recovered all data on the computer that experienced the loss of data, follow these steps:
 * 1) Copy the following files to the computer that experienced the loss of data:
 * 2) * The Winternals license key text file
 * 3) * The FileRestore Setup program
 * 4) Perform a full FileRestore installation on this computer.
 * 5) Uninstall FileRestore from the computer or from the shared network folder where you ran FileRestore to restore the data.

Additional query words: Winternals 30067 recovery files FileRestore

Keywords: kbinfo kbexpertiseinter KB934967

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