Documents folder gone

[RipperT]

Vista Home Premium SP1. HP Laptop with one account. Wife's digital
scrapbooking grew to large for the C drive, so I right clicked the Documents
folder, selected the Location tab, clicked the move button and selected the
D (Data) drive which had more space. Confirmation message appeared asking if
I wanted to move all of the files (as opposed to just some of them I guess);
I was warned if I didn't I would see two Documents folders for the Shiela
user. Clicked 'Yes' move all the files. I expected the folder 'Documents' to
be put on the root of the D drive.Well, it removed all the files from
Documents and scattered them across the root of the D drive. Now I don't
know what was there before the move and what was moved there. Ran a full
search of all drives for 'Documents' and it returned nothing, so I guess the
Documents folder evaporated. I'd be happy just to get back to where I
started with the docs folder and its contents intact on the C drive. Is that
possible?

Many thanks to anyone who can help.

Ripper

 

[Guest]

If you just did it, opening an explorer window and choose Undo on the Edit
menu (Alt + E) might help.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Ripper

Explain exactly how you went about moving that Folder which should not have been
moved

 

[SG]

Vista Home Premium SP1. HP Laptop with one account. Wife's digital
scrapbooking grew to large for the C drive, so I right clicked the
Documents folder, selected the Location tab, clicked the move button and
selected the D (Data) drive which had more space. Confirmation message
appeared asking if I wanted to move all of the files (as opposed to just
some of them I guess); I was warned if I didn't I would see two Documents
folders for the Shiela user. Clicked 'Yes' move all the files. I expected
the folder 'Documents' to be put on the root of the D drive.Well, it
removed all the files from Documents and scattered them across the root of
the D drive. Now I don't know what was there before the move and what was
moved there. Ran a full search of all drives for 'Documents' and it
returned nothing, so I guess the Documents folder evaporated. I'd be happy
just to get back to where I started with the docs folder and its contents
intact on the C drive. Is that possible?

Many thanks to anyone who can help.

Ripper

Try System Restore,

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[Gordon]

which should not have been moved

Sorry Peter that's rubbish. I move the Documents folder every time to a
different partition. I've never had any problems with it at all.

The problem the OP has is that he didn't create a new Documents folder first
on the other drive.....

 

[Gordon]

Vista Home Premium SP1. HP Laptop with one account. Wife's digital
scrapbooking grew to large for the C drive, so I right clicked the
Documents folder, selected the Location tab, clicked the move button and
selected the D (Data) drive which had more space. Confirmation message
appeared asking if I wanted to move all of the files (as opposed to just
some of them I guess); I was warned if I didn't I would see two Documents
folders for the Shiela user. Clicked 'Yes' move all the files. I expected
the folder 'Documents' to be put on the root of the D drive.Well, it
removed all the files from Documents and scattered them across the root of
the D drive. Now I don't know what was there before the move and what was
moved there. Ran a full search of all drives for 'Documents' and it
returned nothing, so I guess the Documents folder evaporated. I'd be happy
just to get back to where I started with the docs folder and its contents
intact on the C drive. Is that possible?

Many thanks to anyone who can help.

Ripper

Do you still have an icon for Documents in your user folder? Right-click on
it, choose Properties, go to the Location tab and click on "Restore
Default". That should put the Documents folder with the contents back to
where it was.
Then, on the D drive, create a new folder called Documents.
THEN do the move, choosing the new Documents folder as the location.

HTH

PS - it's always a good idea to ensure that you have a backup BEFORE
attempting any sort of mass data moving like this...

 

[Gordon]

Try System Restore,

System Restore only restores SYSTEM and program files - not data.

 

[Ripper]

Edit/Undo is disabled.

R

If you just did it, opening an explorer window and choose Undo on the Edit
menu (Alt + E) might help.

 

[Ripper]

Don't know how more exact I can get. I'm sure I've done this in XP several
times and it simply moves My Documents (the folder) to a new drive.

R

 

[Ripper]

Didn't know I could create the Documents folder. I thought it was the
equivalent of 'My Documents' in XP, which I always thought was a special
Windows directory that couldn't be renamed or deleted, and had a special
method of being moved (not just drag and dropped, for instance). As for
trying again - how can I do that when the original folder is gone? If I can
just create it, why don't I just create 'Documents' on the root of the D
drive and move everything into it (to the extent I'm able to remember what
goes in there)?

Thanks again,

Rip

 

[Ripper]

It's a great idea and I would have done it, but per my original post, the
icon is gone.

Rip

 

[Ripper]

Okay- Yes Documents is there. Right click>Properties>Location>Restore
default

Do you want to move all of the files from the old location to the new
location?
Old location: D:\
New location: C:\Users\Sheila\Documents
We recommend moving all of the files or you will see two 'Documents' folders
inside the 'Sheila' folder in Windows Explorer.

I click Yes and get the following a Folder Redirection Failed message:

Failed to build a list of regular subfolders under "D:\System Volume
Information". Access is denied.

Help!

Rip

 

[RipperT]

Ended up just creating a folder called 'Documents' on the root of the D
drive, then moved all the files into it. Had to re-point some of the wife's
programs to the relocated files, but it worked. I'm befuddled because I'm
sure moving the My Documents folder in XP is totally different. And
easier...

Rip

 

[Gordon's Psychiatrist]

Sorry Peter that's rubbish. I move the Documents folder every time to a
different partition. I've never had any problems with it at all.

The problem the OP has is that he didn't create a new Documents folder
first on the other drive.....

Err, you have the problem. Err. Call the office right away and schedule your next visit. Err.
Don't forget to pick your <sigh> medication. Err.