G
Guest
Upgraded my Dell XPS-dual core desktop with Raid-0 HDD to Vista Home-P from
XP on 2/28. All went well. Afterward I could access folder with my
downloaded work files, location "C:\program files\DL". On 3/2 I ran Vista
defrag, which seemed to run 5hrs to defrag 50GB of files. Now, after defrag
I'm missing entire folder C:\program files\DL plus downloaded files. Can't
access or see them with Win-Exp, can't find them using search, nowhere on the
HD. However, I can see the most recient ones and execute them from the
download manager I used to download the files. When I execute the file and
check properties it shows the location to be "C:\program files\DL", which is
what it should be. I did download a few files with the download manager
while defrag was running in the background.
As far as Vista is concerned my "C:\program files\DL" folder with over 300
files does not exist. What happened? Did the folder location get dropped
from the FAT? Suggestions? How can I recover them? I've not noticed
anything else missing, all programs run and files in what was "my docs" are
present.
XP on 2/28. All went well. Afterward I could access folder with my
downloaded work files, location "C:\program files\DL". On 3/2 I ran Vista
defrag, which seemed to run 5hrs to defrag 50GB of files. Now, after defrag
I'm missing entire folder C:\program files\DL plus downloaded files. Can't
access or see them with Win-Exp, can't find them using search, nowhere on the
HD. However, I can see the most recient ones and execute them from the
download manager I used to download the files. When I execute the file and
check properties it shows the location to be "C:\program files\DL", which is
what it should be. I did download a few files with the download manager
while defrag was running in the background.
As far as Vista is concerned my "C:\program files\DL" folder with over 300
files does not exist. What happened? Did the folder location get dropped
from the FAT? Suggestions? How can I recover them? I've not noticed
anything else missing, all programs run and files in what was "my docs" are
present.