Retrieving passwords - Help!!

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Hi,

My computer crashed yesterday and I've finally formatted my hard disk and all my drives. I lost a large amount of data and the word document that I maintain with all my various online passwords was corrupt and was removed!!

I managed to remember some passwords, but can't remember passwords for some important forums that I am a member of. Please help!!

I have so many various 'secret questions' with random answers, that I can't seem to get back into my user accounts with a couple of important forums...Anyone out there with a solution?

Thanks in advance!

Vivienne
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  • Profile picture of the author marketguy
    as long as you remember your email you used, this should not be a major problem...just request your info.

    if that is not the case, there are several good hard disk recovery programms that may be able to restore the lost info.

    hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author BCJason
    Wow. Sorry to hear that. I don't have a quick fix but maybe contacting tech support on whatever sites your missing? I keep a hardcopy of all PW's and logins just in case this happens.
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  • Profile picture of the author OLOORE
    Sorry for the crash. I am sure you never expected it, but these things do happen.
    If you can remember the usernames, do a login with forget password.You can also email technical support with your plight. Sometimes, they might not respond on time. In that wise, you might have to do it again and again. Another thing you can do is to ask a couple of computer wizards. Sometimes, you'll find out that what one expert says varies from what another expert will tell you.
    One final thing, no matter how archaic this may sound, you may have to keep a book, where you'll pen down these most important info until we are so sure whatever seems lost can be easily retrieved. Good luck
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