Well, if no formatting has been done this is possibly the most straightforward app to run.
Dload it [rest2514.exe] to a floppy using ANOTHER machine, unzip it to the same floppy, and then run restoration.exe from the floppy.
Advantage of that is there is no installation, so no writing to HD at all. Be inventive in use of search parameters otherwise she's gonna get flooded with old temp inet files....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
Anything with more power pretty much requires installation...
Another neat n simple job is PCI Inspector's File recovery, but it requires installation, with possibility of overwriting.....

thanks, she "may try it"

Hi

Try downloading Tune-Up utilities from www.tune-up.com
It has a feature called Tune-up Undelete which recovers deleted
files especially media files...

regards
Anand

Clicked this thread planning on suggesting this application... good call.

Thanks for the compliment Duki

thanks guys i will let you know if succesful

you could try the (slightly rubbish i know, but doe the job) Norton GoBack.
It take ur hard drive back to a time in history, only after it has been installed i might add.

Aye, i asked that first lol. She doesn't have it installed.

she's a casual lass, obv not concerned about overwriting her lost files...