Programme Data file needed, how to?

hobib_ali · 1 May 2016 at 20:54

so basically i manually backed up my c drive

the programme data folder is hidden, in order for you to access it you would need to go to options and select the "show hidden folder option"

when i do this the hidden folders appear, i.e programme data and appData ect

but when i do this i go into my C drive back up, all the hidden files appear apart from the programme data folder...

it likes its invisible, but im 100% sure i copied the whole C drive and pasted it in a separate drive in case of HD failiure.

so is there any other way to access this folder ? i need to recover some important files///....

UnworthyBean · 2 May 2016 at 19:43

How did you back the files up? If you just went in to the C drive and copied them across, it won't have copied the program files folder.

The appdata folder will only be there because it was inside the users folder.

BigBoy · 3 May 2016 at 00:04

Just use Macrium Reflect to make backups so much simpler than messing around with hidden files and folders.

bledd · 3 May 2016 at 12:10

Yup.

Macrium Reflect is the way to do this.

It basically creates a large zip file of your whole drive. You can use Macrium to browse this image file or restore it.

hobib_ali · 3 May 2016 at 23:05

UnworthyBean said:
How did you back the files up? If you just went in to the C drive and copied them across, it won't have copied the program files folder.

The appdata folder will only be there because it was inside the users folder.

but why did it not copy the programme data folder? is it becuase it was invisible? should i of take it off hidden then copy it? but its too late now right??

i only wanted to recover some game saves, hours invested in and now all lost.

UnworthyBean · 3 May 2016 at 23:07

Yep, since it was hidden, it wouldn't have been selected when you copied everything across unfortunately.

hobib_ali · 3 May 2016 at 23:07

bledd. said:
Yup.

Macrium Reflect is the way to do this.

It basically creates a large zip file of your whole drive. You can use Macrium to browse this image file or restore it.

im downloading it but it looks very hard to use.

bledd · 4 May 2016 at 01:56

It really isn't, easy as pie.

jpaul · 5 May 2016 at 00:07

As you said hobib ali, it does not make sense that some hidden files are there but programme data is not , I had thought you needed to use xcopy /H from the comamnd line to get a complete copy.

when you said 'programme data' which folder did you mean - unworthyBean interpreted that as C:\Program Files - was it ?

Although macrium will archive everything and if you have the disk space to use it will be most secure. If you know with certainty which folders you need (as I do when updating OS say) then I will just securely copy those, for example the profile folders for the firefox browser.