Crash Recovery: Power Outage Problem!

[Josh S.]

I had a power outage last night which turned off my
computer. When I turned it on it came to the scan disk
screen where it verifies all the files and check if there
any errors (I'm using XP). It found a lot of errors /w
many directories and automatically converted some folders
into files. When look for these folders in Windows
Explorer I can't access them now that they were converted
to files. How do I change this back? I can't get system
restore to work now that this happened.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Josh,

Usually, you can't. Once the damage is done, it's done. To prevent these
incidents in the future, you might consider investing in a UPS unit. For
System Restore, you should disable it, reboot, and reenable it. It will lose
all existing restore points, but at least it will be working again.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone