Well that''s it for me.

[cmsix]

After three days of bliss with Vista Ultimate x64 I've already had it. Could
someone give me a hint where Vista moved the files I thought I was dragging
across the LAN onto my new desktop. I'd like to have them back when I get XP
Pro x64 installed.

cmsix

 

[Meebers]

I would first look in the network Bit bucket!

 

[Not Me]

c:\users\your username\desktop

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

If you dragged files across the LAN how can we know where you put them? You
did make a backup of the old system before "dragging", didn't you?

 

[cmsix]

c:\users\your username\desktop

Nope, there not there. Only thing in it is one shortcut that I did drag over
from XP. Any other guesses?

cmsix

 

[cmsix]

In the first place I wasn't dumb enough to to get rid of the old system, but
I was dumb enough to move some of the files instead of just copying them.

In the second place, I said plainly in the first post that I dragged them
across the LAN onto the desktop. THE DESKTOP. You remember the Desktop from
XP don't you. Back when it was a directory and not just a pointer to random
places around the disk. They left the Desktop on their own when I installed
SP1. They aren't in Recycle in the root of C: and in fact the Recycle Bin
icon left the desktop at the same time. Looks like they should have made
provisions for a lost+found directory in Vista.

In fact I did find most of them just now in

"C:\Windows\system32config\systemprofile\Desktop\" but it begs the question
"How did they get there?" and then "Why did they go there?" I guess I'll
just .rar the disk and settle for whatever I can find later.

At least I think I can later open the on a 32 bit machine and hope they
won't be moving by themselves again. If that doesn't work I can just install
xubuntu and mount the disk to dig out my files.

And to think, I just went with Vista to see if I could find a faster grep
for windows.

cmsix

 

[Not Me]

hopefully you remember some of the file names, SEARCH is supposed to be good
in Vista...