lost all msword .doc files after upgrading to XP.Where are they now?

After upgrading to xp pro from Win98 I no longer had my
personal files from word, excel ect. I had full admin
rights and search but came up empty. I tried
uninstalling xp, but they still were gone. I did not
format the drive, so they should still be here
somewhere. Any suggestions on retrieving these valuable
files?

P.S. I know I should have done a backup, but everything
I read before upgrading said that all my files would be
intact. So I went for it.

Hi,

Do you recall where exactly did you save the documents.
Did you perform a search on *.doc to search the entire hard disk.
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Regards
M. Rajesh
..Net and Windows Shell MVP
www.winxpsolution.com


"peterapedersen@aol.com" wrote:

> After upgrading to xp pro from Win98 I no longer had my
> personal files from word, excel ect. I had full admin
> rights and search but came up empty. I tried
> uninstalling xp, but they still were gone. I did not
> format the drive, so they should still be here
> somewhere. Any suggestions on retrieving these valuable
> files?
>
> P.S. I know I should have done a backup, but everything
> I read before upgrading said that all my files would be
> intact. So I went for it.
>