thanx alot mark i did the first step running error check and it seemed to
fix my problem because i got my desktop back and it went back to how it
looked before
i hope it doesnt do that every tiime it does a disk disfragment. ill let you
know if i continue to have problems or if other new problems pop
up........thanx again mark.
"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
Quote:
> Defrag can be halted with no damage at any time, by design. You are seeing
> some kind of disk corruption. Running Error Checking is the first step:
> Rightclick drive icon in Explorer, Properties, Tools tab, Error Check
> There are also disk diagnostic apps available for download from the maker of
> your drive.
> After any possible repair of the drive, you can try running System Restore,
> or one of your available repair options on the F8 menu, (pressed during
> restart) It's also possible you will need to create a new user ID, and copy
> the old settings over.
> 811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;811151
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> Mark L. Ferguson
>
> "maria23" <maria23@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2A1C72E8-3C99-4248-AF91-3E078E1D48D2@xxxxxx Quote:
> > hello to everyone, this is my first time posting. i have windows vista
> > basic
> > and my computer has ben getting slow so i started to do a disk defragment,
> > but it stardted about 9:00pm lastnight till about 9:15dis morning, i
> > found
> > it odd that it was still runing so i canceled it because i thought it
> > wasnt
> > working but my problem now is that i cant see my desktop icons. i found
> > the
> > desk top file folder and i just tried to drag the icons to my desktop but
> > it
> > wouldnt work, and when i search for desktop in (computer) this is exactly
> > what it seys.
> >
> > c:/windows/system32/config/systemprofile/desktop refers to a location that
> > is unavailable. it could be on a hard drive on this computer, or on a
> > network. chek to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you
> > are conected to the internet or your network, and try again. if it still
> > cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different
> > location.
> >
> >
> > another thing that happened along with that is everything went into
> > classic
> > view and i cant find a way to change it back to how i had it, becuse i
> > searched through control panel and found nothing, what should i be looking
> > for to change it? does enyone think this happened because i canceled the
> > disk defragmenter process and should i start it again? sorry this was so
> > long but i tried to explaine it the best i can. can some one please
> > please help me with this? thanx a mill.
>