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| message from =?Utf-8?B?VFZIdWRzb24=?= on 30 May 2004 |
I upgraded from Windows 98 to XP, but after XP was installed all the files I had on my desktop were gone. The files in My Documents are still there, but the desktop seems to have been wiped clean. Where are my files? Can I recover them? My wife is gonna kill me! HELP!
TVHudson
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| roger replied to =?Utf-8?B?VFZIdWRzb24=?= on 30 May 2004 |
Hi,
When you upgraded to XP, the location of the desktop folder changed,
now it is Documents and Settings\Username\Desktop
Look in Start > search for a file name that was in the desktop you
had, and check its location. Your files are probably there.
Good luck
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| Rich replied to =?Utf-8?B?VFZIdWRzb24=?= on 30 May 2004 |
Check in C:\documents and settings.
Each folder should contain a desktop folder and your
previous docs should be in there.
Take care,
Rich
On Sun, 30 May 2004 12:26:03 -0700, "TVHudson" <tvhudson@hotmail.com>
wrote:
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| roger replied to roger on 31 May 2004 |
Hi,
From the link:
"Click Start, and then click Run.
Type cmd, and then click OK.
Type cd\, and then press ENTER.
Type cd\user~temp.@01, and then press ENTER.
Type dir /x, and then press ENTER. Note the short file name for the
user account folder. For example, the short file name for "User Name,
II." might be "USERNA~1".
(The name would depend on the way the user name was originally, for
example, Hudson Owner could be Hudson~1)
Type ren userna~1 username, and then press ENTER
Type exit, and then press ENTER.
Click Start, and then click Run.
Type %homedrive%\user~tmp.@01\username, and then click OK. This folder
and subfolders should contain the files from the missing user account.
If you do the above and nothing comes up, try using a third-party
program to recover deleted files, like restoration, which is free:
http://www.webattack.com/get/restoration.html
Or take a look here:
http://www.recovermyfiles.com/
Good luck
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