How can i recover deleted files from an uninstall. i accidentally tried to uninstall my virus protection and reset my computer half way through and need to know how to recover them. any help would be greatly appreciated

For program files, you need to re-install the program again!

For data files, you can recover then from Recycle bin or from a backup.

For program files, you need to re-install the program again!
You could also try the System Restore to restore back to a point before removing the program.

For data files, you can recover then from Recycle bin or from a backup.

I recommend that you use EASEUS DataRecoveryWizard to recover your data.
The software provides very useful functions for data recovery:
DeleteRecovery, FormatRecovery, AdvancedRecovery, RawRecovery.

This program is an efficient disk recovery software providing
you a complete answer to data loss.

You can download the demo version of EASEUS DataRecoveryWizard.
http://www.easeus.com/download.htm

Run the program and you can select the any recovery mode
"DeletedRecovery", "FormatRecovery" and "AdvancedRecovery".

See more:
http://www.easeus.com
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-deleted-files.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-lost-partition.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-formatted-partition.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-fdisked-drives.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-lost-files.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-repartitioned-drives.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-scandisk-chkdsk-disk.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-ghosted-image-data.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/recover-encrypted-data.htm

give a try to PC Inspector (free), otherwise File Recovery for a fee, if the first doesn't succeed, try the demo version of the second, the demo will show you the file it can recover, but you have to pay to actually recover them

As for me, I tried Advanced File Recovery. It did work fine, I got my files back. As far as I know, this program uses every single feature of NTFS and FAT file systems to recover files. Besides, this tool restores files from any storage media, including hard drives, memory sticks, external drives, digital cameras etc.