Backup issues

[AJ Williams]

I recently formatted my laptop harddrive. I'm running windows XP Pro. I backed up all files to my 500GB WD external drive. All is fine except that I'm now unable to retrieve my excel files and no one has been able to really help. These spreadsheets are very important to me. Please advise suggestions for retrieving this information.

 

[VoG]

You could try this but I don't hold out much hope http://www.piriform.com/recuva

 

[AJ Williams]

I just did a full backup restore and it ate all but 1.9GB, I did a sysyem restore and I still only have 1.9GB free.