formatting C: and loosing files on E:....

[Willem JB Smits]

I have a 220 Gb disk (on a new computer) which I
partitioned in
C: (10 Gb, Windows etc)
D: (86 Gb, other programs)
E: (95 Gb, user files)
Because of a (network) (local) problem I had to format C:
and reinstall Windows. I had confidence in keeping my
files on the E-drive BUT they were TOTALLY CORRUPTED
So I had to fepartition the whole disk and reformat it,
as well as re-install all programs
According to my computer shop this "should not happen"..

 

[Yves Leclerc]

If on your E: drive, you were storing the file with Encryption turned ON,
the by re-formatting the C:, your had deleted the encryption key that was
used. When XP are re-installed, it created a new encryption key.

Y.

 

[Willem JB Smits]

Thanks for tour reply: I will surely check
whether "encription" was on (but I don't think so..)
Willem JB
Amsterdam

 

[Bill]

If encryption was not turned on then it could be something as simple as
taking ownership of the files back.

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[Andy]

A possible scenario:
1. You install using a version of Windows XP CD that does not
incorporate SP1.
2. Before applying SP1, you allow the operating system to check and
fix drive E: during the boot up process.
The problem:
Only the part of Drive E: that falls before the 128GB boundary is
accessible to the operating system before SP1 is applied, so chkdsk
will find problems with the file system.