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Old 04-22-2007   #1 (permalink)
TrevAsher


 
 

Vista cleaning files

Hi folks newbie at this so be gentle.
I ran a disk cleanup prior to going a backup. The cleanup took some time the
when it have finished I started getting errors. When I looked all programs
had gone missing Documents folder was all but empty. Tried a restore but
failed, repaired windows and tried again. Restore worked but no files
returned. Tried chkdsk with fix and still no joy. The size shows that 60G is
being used so I think the files are still there but windows can not see them.
Any ideas?

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Old 04-22-2007   #2 (permalink)
Mick


 
 

RE: Vista cleaning files

You make a great one-man comedy show!

"TrevAsher" wrote:

> Hi folks newbie at this so be gentle.
> I ran a disk cleanup prior to going a backup. The cleanup took some time the
> when it have finished I started getting errors. When I looked all programs
> had gone missing Documents folder was all but empty. Tried a restore but
> failed, repaired windows and tried again. Restore worked but no files
> returned. Tried chkdsk with fix and still no joy. The size shows that 60G is
> being used so I think the files are still there but windows can not see them.
> Any ideas?

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 04-22-2007   #3 (permalink)
Doris Day


 
 

Re: Vista cleaning files

TrevAsher wrote:

> Hi folks newbie at this so be gentle.
> I ran a disk cleanup prior to going a backup. The cleanup took some time
> the when it have finished I started getting errors. When I looked all
> programs had gone missing Documents folder was all but empty. Tried a
> restore but failed, repaired windows and tried again. Restore worked but
> no files returned. Tried chkdsk with fix and still no joy. The size shows
> that 60G is being used so I think the files are still there but windows
> can not see them. Any ideas?


Obviously the cleanup wasn't thorough enough. It should have removed Visa
completely.

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Doris

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