Re: deleted files and folders

You may have meant *.chk files. What happened when you restarted the pc was chkdsk ran and found broken chains/ lost clusters, then created *.chk files of them so you can delete them and regain the otherwise lost drive space. The drive may have failed so run the manufacturer's diagnostic tools on the disk.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Val" wrote:
Sorry that I just logged in and am responding to your messages.
Here is what happened in the last few days:
1. One to one image of my drive was created
2 A lot of files (.xls; Word, etc) appeared as temp files.
When I tried to open, it does not. If I change the extension to .xls, it
does open but it is unreadable (bunch of 1s and 0s).
I looked in the folder that was suggested by Dave P., and there are .pst
files there but not my old files.
By the way the technician that was creathing the image of the drive told me
that drive C has a corrupted spot. He fixed by recommends to replace with a
new drive.

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Val


"DL" wrote:

I think the cd you were installing from was more than corrupt
If the cd software had damaged your profile/user account the files would
still be there in their entirety but in an orphan folder.
As it appears they have been deleted more was going on.
Me thinks you should be undertaking a full system scan with eg trendmicro or
some such

"Val" <Val@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:920780C0-E748-4486-BE83-1FA9629C0F9D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Yes.
> Also I downloaded a recovery freeware. After scanning the drives (C and
> D),
> I could see the deleted .pst files (reduced in size), folders, Excel
> spreadsheets, etc. The date and time showed the time that I was > installing
> the software. Also, my computer was connected to the Internet for > several
> hours by that time.
> -- > Val
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> You've searched for *.pst to include hidden files?
>>
>> "Val" <Val@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:DF965B78-2A8E-4955-970B-1D025B5BC6D2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > How can I find that orphaned profile (folder)? When I searched for >> > .pst
>> > files, I found some but they were small. I created .pst files for >> > each
>> > year
>> > from 2002 to 2006. These year by year .pst files had a lot of old
>> > e-mails
>> > and
>> > were 70% to 90% filled. You are right that I also lost a lot of
>> > shortcuts,
>> > files and folders.
>> > -- >> > Val
>> >
>> >
>> > "Dave Patrick" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'm guessing some profile corruption occurred and that you also may
>> >> have
>> >> lost your desktop, shortcuts, favorites, etc. If so then your stuff >> >> is
>> >> probably still there in the now orphaned profile folder.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -- >> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
>> >> Microsoft Certified Professional
>> >> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>> >>
>> >> "Val" wrote:
>> >> > How do I find out why it happened?
>> >> > -- >> >> > Val
>> >>
>>
>>
>>




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