Re: Files not displayed in 'old' my documents folder

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote:
"Luca007" <Luca007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:04229F1D-26A5-4F8D-8E30-F49F3C11C7BB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am running Windows XP Home SP2, which was pre-loaded on the machine when I
bought it.
A short while ago I was having a lot of corruption on my hard disk and
Windows would crash and then on re-boot go through chkdsk.
To overcome this, I was advised to reload Windows, which I did.

My problem is that now, I cannot display files that were in the original my
documents folder.
I used to have a default account on the machine and never set up my own
personal account. I stored many Gb's of music, videos, pictures, etc in that
accounts 'my documents' folder.
When I reloaded Windows this time, I was asked to create an account which I
did, ie, Dave.
Now, when I try to find those original files, I cannot. I know they are
still there as my hard disk is half full (there aren't any other files to
talk of on the disk).
I have only used Windows Explorer to look for them, but it doesn't find them.

My question is this:- Is there a way of 'finding' these files and moving
them to my personal 'my documents' area?


Under C:\Documents and settings each user has a folder named My Documents. Look in each of them and their sub-folders.


Are you looking for files which existed before you re-installed xp?
If you are and these files were in C: (windows) subfolder, they were probably erased when you re-installed xp.
If you did not save then to another place (another drive, CD or DVD)
they are probably gone forever. Backup! Backup! Backup! is the first rule of computing.

Carl F

Carl F
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