Disk cleanup erased files!

[Guest]

Recently installed Windows XP Professional. Today, an icon appeared in the
tray that said that my C: drive was close to being full and asked if I wanted
to clear up some space. After replying 'yes', it went through some steps for
about 5 minutes. When I closed all the dialog boxes, almost all of my
desktop icons were gone. I also found that almost 2000 iTunes songs were
totally removed plus every file in my My Documents folder (many) and probably
many more. I've searched the computer and it appears that all these files
are actually gone, but is it possible to remove over 10 GB of info, including
songs and Word files from personal folders without any prompts? Any help is
appreciated. This is frustrating.

 

[Joseph Meehan]

Recently installed Windows XP Professional. Today, an icon appeared
in the tray that said that my C: drive was close to being full and
asked if I wanted to clear up some space. After replying 'yes', it
went through some steps for about 5 minutes. When I closed all the
dialog boxes, almost all of my desktop icons were gone. I also found
that almost 2000 iTunes songs were totally removed plus every file in
my My Documents folder (many) and probably many more. I've searched
the computer and it appears that all these files are actually gone,
but is it possible to remove over 10 GB of info, including songs and
Word files from personal folders without any prompts? Any help is
appreciated. This is frustrating.

First I suggest you don't use your computer if possible Any files that
you now save may overwrite the files that you deleted.

You need to find a newsgroup that is devoted to these kinds of problems

Sorry. This is a newsgroup dedicated to questions about Access, the
database program in Office Professional. It appears your question may not
be related to these subjects. The Microsoft help system is not all that
clear and may have misdirected you here.

It is best to ask your questions in a newsgroup dedicated to the
subject of your question. You should find people better able to address
your problem there.

Note: It is always best to indicate the name and version of any
program(s) you may be using when asking a question and also indicate the
operating system (like Windows XP or 98) when you ask a question.