Some tips and pointers. With windows never run as an admin except to install software.this is true of Linux as well but is handled more gracefully. Also a current antivirus with a known reputation. And use a secure browser with the ability to shut off 3rd party plugins except when needed.<div>
<br></div><div>This is my quick list.</div><div><br></div><div>Further down the line I suggest a backup routine to disk, there are a number of foss options that can work. Backup to network across the internet or internally is also a good idea. I have been toying with the idea of owncloud lately. It&#39;s like havering a personally managed Dropbox.</div>
<div><br></div><div> Some things you can do is sweep file types up into buckets and that can help find stragglers.</div><div><br></div><div>Then run an undelete function. Something like testdisk by grc.</div><div><br>On Monday, July 28, 2014, Michael Havens &lt;<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com">bmike1@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">surprised she didn&#39;t get a ransom letter wit that. sorry that happened.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br clear="all"><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Mark Jarvis <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;m.jarvis@cox.net&#39;);" target="_blank">m.jarvis@cox.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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    <font face="Bitstream Vera Sans">My wife is running Win 7 on a Dell
      box. Sometime over the last couple of days the contents of her HD
      were scrambled. Scores of </font>pictured and documents are
    scattered throughout the recycle bin and in dozens of spots
    throughout her file system. <font face="Bitstream Vera Sans">It
      looks like her file structure was hit with a randomizer. At this
      time there is no telling how much was lost. (With that much
      damage, I can&#39;t believe that it&#39;s all there.)<br>
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      Finding and putting things back in a reasonable order is going to
      to be a major job. She would like to know:<br>
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      1) what caused it <br>
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      2) once she collects things, what can be done to prevent it from
      happening again.<br>
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      Answers will require the help of someone who knows a lot more
      about Windows than I do.<br>
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      Any help, suggestions, or name recommendations, either on or off
      list, will be gratefully accepted.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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      Mark Jarvis<br>
      <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;m.jarvis@cox.net&#39;);" target="_blank">m.jarvis@cox.net</a><br>
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