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You may find your old documents, etc., in a folder called Windows.old. Its
path is C:\Windows.old (Click on Computer, and then click on the drive
Vista is installed on. You should see the folder there).

If you created an extra drive, you would see it by clicking on Computer.


"bbintokyo" <bbintokyo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:973266C7-257A-47E7-A5D2-815FB90C6C2A@microsoft.com...
> My Vista was acting a bit funny so I attempted to repair any problems by
> using the installation disk. I have a 32-bit, OEM version in Japanese (I
> live in Tokyo) and didn't see a prompt for repair, and ended up
> reinstalling
> Vista, losing all of my documents and programs in the process.
>
> At least I think so. On a hard disk of 250GB I have 232GB available for
> use
> and of that 133GB are free. Does That make sense? Have I accidentally
> partitioned my hard disk somehow, and if so, how do I locate the other
> partition and remove it? All programs, documents, photos and downloads
> are
> replaceable so it would be annoying but not the end of the world to lose
> them, but what the heck is going on?
>
> Thanks!