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04-01-2008
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| VISTA ultimate | Delete large file - lose whole folder and other files The following problem has occured while deleting large files (150MB-600MB), in two seperate folders (one the "user/Downloads" folder and one that I created under "user/". I delete a large file and ALL the files AND subfolders in the folder disappear!!!. Really!! I click on a file that I did not delete and I get a message (something like) that the file system cannot access the file because it is not there. Then the screen refreshes and all my files and subfolders are gone!!! EMPTY!!! In the case of the folder under "user" that I created, that folder (that contained the file I deleted) disappeared as well. In the process I usually also lose about 5-10GBs of disk space that is unaccounted for. Please help. It is the 3rd time it happened and now I really lost the files. How can I make VISTA stop this??? |
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04-01-2008
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| | Re: Delete large file - lose whole folder and other files What firewall, anti-virus application or security suite is installed? There are some that cause problems. ------- *Report back, please* [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so that others may learn and benefit from the issue] [How to ask a question] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "kanton01" <kanton01.377ku1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:kanton01.377ku1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Quote: > > The following problem has occured while deleting large files > (150MB-600MB), in two seperate folders (one the "user/Downloads" folder > and one that I created under "user/". > > I delete a large file and ALL the files AND subfolders in the folder > disappear!!!. Really!! I click on a file that I did not delete and I get > a message (something like) that the file system cannot access the file > because it is not there. Then the screen refreshes and all my files and > subfolders are gone!!! EMPTY!!! In the case of the folder under "user" > that I created, that folder (that contained the file I deleted) > disappeared as well. > > In the process I usually also lose about 5-10GBs of disk space that is > unaccounted for. > > Please help. It is the 3rd time it happened and now I really lost the > files. > > How can I make VISTA stop this??? > > > -- > kanton01 |
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04-02-2008
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| VISTA ultimate | Re: Delete large file - lose whole folder and other files I have the McAfee VirusScan and Firewall installed.  Quote: Originally Posted by Bob  What firewall, anti-virus application or security suite is installed? There are some that cause problems. ------- *Report back, please* [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so that others may learn and benefit from the issue] [How to ask a question] How to ask a question "kanton01" <kanton01.377ku1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:kanton01.377ku1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Quote: > > The following problem has occured while deleting large files > (150MB-600MB), in two seperate folders (one the "user/Downloads" folder > and one that I created under "user/". > > I delete a large file and ALL the files AND subfolders in the folder > disappear!!!. Really!! I click on a file that I did not delete and I get > a message (something like) that the file system cannot access the file > because it is not there. Then the screen refreshes and all my files and > subfolders are gone!!! EMPTY!!! In the case of the folder under "user" > that I created, that folder (that contained the file I deleted) > disappeared as well. > > In the process I usually also lose about 5-10GBs of disk space that is > unaccounted for. > > Please help. It is the 3rd time it happened and now I really lost the > files. > > How can I make VISTA stop this??? > > > -- > kanton01 |
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04-02-2008
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| | Re: Delete large file - lose whole folder and other files McAfee is known to cause problems in Vista. Sometimes they don’t show up immediately. Replace McAfee with the free AVG http://free.grisoft.com/ or Avast http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html, and Windows Firewall and Windows Defender. Disabling McAfee is not enough. You need to completely uninstall it. McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/U...val-Tool.shtml ------- *Report back, please* [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so that others may learn and benefit from the issue] [How to ask a question] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "kanton01" <kanton01.3789u8@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:kanton01.3789u8@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Quote: > > I have the McAfee VirusScan and Firewall installed. > > > Bob;669504 Wrote: Quote: >> What firewall, anti-virus application or security suite is installed? >> There >> are some that cause problems. >> ------- >> *Report back, please* >> [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying >> to so >> that others may learn and benefit from the issue] >> >> [How to ask a question] >> 'How to ask a question' (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375) >> >> "kanton01" <kanton01.377ku1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message >> news:kanton01.377ku1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...> > > Quote: >> > > >> > > The following problem has occured while deleting large files >> > > (150MB-600MB), in two seperate folders (one the "user/Downloads" >> > folder >> > > and one that I created under "user/". >> > > >> > > I delete a large file and ALL the files AND subfolders in the folder >> > > disappear!!!. Really!! I click on a file that I did not delete and I >> > get >> > > a message (something like) that the file system cannot access the >> > file >> > > because it is not there. Then the screen refreshes and all my files >> > and >> > > subfolders are gone!!! EMPTY!!! In the case of the folder under >> > "user" >> > > that I created, that folder (that contained the file I deleted) >> > > disappeared as well. >> > > >> > > In the process I usually also lose about 5-10GBs of disk space that >> > is >> > > unaccounted for. >> > > >> > > Please help. It is the 3rd time it happened and now I really lost >> > the >> > > files. >> > > >> > > How can I make VISTA stop this??? >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > kanton01 > > > > -- > kanton01 |
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