== UPDATE - this problem has been solved.I don't know how, but it has. ==

A friend unplugged the power while her Windows XP computer was running, without shutting down the OS first. The next day, when she turn the computer on, it came up with an old desktop, and most of what she had done since buying the computer had disappeared. This included her connection files for the internet, contact information, and lots of photographs.

She wants to know how to recover the information that disappeared.

I don't know much about Windows, and we will appreciate any help that you can provide.

Thank you in advance.