Vista - Vista Repair

10-06-2007

I had to repair Vista yesterday as a file was not loading or found. Now that
I have done that I have found all my mail has been wiped and also folders I
created have gone. Is that what happens or are they stored somewhere??.

Any help would be great . Thx

Stuart.

10-06-2007

Detail EXACTLY how you did the "repair".

"Stuart" wrote:

Quote:

> I had to repair Vista yesterday as a file was not loading or found. Now that
> I have done that I have found all my mail has been wiped and also folders I
> created have gone. Is that what happens or are they stored somewhere??.
>
> Any help would be great . Thx
>
> Stuart.
>
>

10-06-2007

I had to boot from CD/DVD then the option came up to install or repair. I
choose repair. All the other files and setting have not altered,just my mail
seems to have all be reset to the default settings.
"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Detail EXACTLY how you did the "repair".
>
> "Stuart" wrote:
>

Quote:

>> I had to repair Vista yesterday as a file was not loading or found. Now
>> that
>> I have done that I have found all my mail has been wiped and also folders
>> I
>> created have gone. Is that what happens or are they stored somewhere??.
>>
>> Any help would be great . Thx
>>
>> Stuart.
>>
>>

10-06-2007

Hi,

Open Folder Options, set it to see all hidden and system files. Look then on
the root of C: for a windows.old folder. I suspect your 'repair' was
actually a reinstall? If so, it would have moved the old installation to
this folder, and your personal data as well as mail files would be there.
You may need to take ownership of the folder in order to access it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Stuart" <stuartfrith1960@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>I had to repair Vista yesterday as a file was not loading or found. Now
>that I have done that I have found all my mail has been wiped and also
>folders I created have gone. Is that what happens or are they stored
>somewhere??.
>
> Any help would be great . Thx
>
> Stuart.

10-06-2007	#1 (permalink)
Stuart n/a posts	Vista Repair I had to repair Vista yesterday as a file was not loading or found. Now that I have done that I have found all my mail has been wiped and also folders I created have gone. Is that what happens or are they stored somewhere??. Any help would be great . Thx Stuart.
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10-06-2007	#2 (permalink)
Mick Murphy n/a posts	RE: Vista Repair Detail EXACTLY how you did the "repair". "Stuart" wrote: Quote: > I had to repair Vista yesterday as a file was not loading or found. Now that > I have done that I have found all my mail has been wiped and also folders I > created have gone. Is that what happens or are they stored somewhere??. > > Any help would be great . Thx > > Stuart. > >
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10-06-2007	#3 (permalink)
Stuart n/a posts	Re: Vista Repair I had to boot from CD/DVD then the option came up to install or repair. I choose repair. All the other files and setting have not altered,just my mail seems to have all be reset to the default settings. "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:740C0E23-8DAA-455F-AA8B-A57F33E372AE@xxxxxx Quote: > Detail EXACTLY how you did the "repair". > > "Stuart" wrote: > Quote: >> I had to repair Vista yesterday as a file was not loading or found. Now >> that >> I have done that I have found all my mail has been wiped and also folders >> I >> created have gone. Is that what happens or are they stored somewhere??. >> >> Any help would be great . Thx >> >> Stuart. >> >>
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10-06-2007	#4 (permalink)
Rick Rogers n/a posts	Re: Vista Repair Hi, Open Folder Options, set it to see all hidden and system files. Look then on the root of C: for a windows.old folder. I suspect your 'repair' was actually a reinstall? If so, it would have moved the old installation to this folder, and your personal data as well as mail files would be there. You may need to take ownership of the folder in order to access it. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "Stuart" <stuartfrith1960@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:-rydnVjJl_3-xpranZ2dnUVZ8q2dnZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: >I had to repair Vista yesterday as a file was not loading or found. Now >that I have done that I have found all my mail has been wiped and also >folders I created have gone. Is that what happens or are they stored >somewhere??. > > Any help would be great . Thx > > Stuart.
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