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- Original title: Windows System Restore - Deleted .js files
- Original author: wrigty12
- Original date: October 14, 2016
- Source thread: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/threads/windows-system-restore-deleted-js-files.69656/
- Source forum path: Game Development Engines > Legacy Engine Support > RPG Maker MV Support
Summary
This isn't so much a question as it is a piece of advice to anyone that this may happen to. I recently did a Windows 7 System Restore back a week due to some issues an update caused to my computer. Idiotically, I did not backup my WIP game data. Once I got back on the computer after the restore, I realized that a plugin that I had been working on for a few days, along with others that I had installed, were gone. I began to panic, and I...
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This isn't so much a question as it is a piece of advice to anyone that this may happen to.
I recently did a Windows 7 System Restore back a week due to some issues an update caused to my computer. Idiotically, I did not backup my WIP game data. Once I got back on the computer after the restore, I realized that a plugin that I had been working on for a few days, along with others that I had installed, were gone. I began to panic, and I couldn't find any good way to get that data back, so I ended up starting the plugin over.
However, after about an hour of re-do, I decided to change my Google search for another way. And I found one.
If this happens to anyone, use the program ShadowExplorer. It works like a dream, you can find the files that were 'shadow saved' before they were deleted with the restore, and it can save days of headache. I've downloaded it, no risk, works perfect.
I hope that this will help someone in the future. (Also, don't do what I did. BACK UP ALL THE TIME)
(P.S. if this doesn't belong in this specific category, definitely move it to the correct one)
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