Re: OT - help finding a file

On 10 Jul 2006 10:29:11 -0700, "Kid Kool" <kidkool2u@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Jeff wrote:
On 10 Jul 2006 09:58:18 -0700, "Kid Kool" <kidkool2u@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This morning when I booted up, a file had disappeared. Not in the
recycle bin, not in documents, a search turns up nada. Into thin air.
Any suggestions as to where to look?

Don't have any ideas offhand but where in the directory structure was
it located and what was its name? When was the last time you did
anything with it and what did you do? Any chance it could have gone
missing long before your reboot?

It's an Excel file, it was in MyDocuments, I access it daily, including
yesterday. I can rebuild most of it from a backup copy, but I'll be
missing some current data. This has never happened before, a file
disappearing like that. I better up my backups to weekly.


Very unlikely but when you search, are you also searching for hidden
files? if you clicked the wrong checkbox you could have changed this
to a hidden file.

You should also do a disk scan to make sure you don't have a corrupted
directory structure.

--
Jeff
There are 10 kinds of people in the world.
1 the type who understands hex and F all the other types.
(reply by using my name @seigle.net)
.

Relevant Pages

  • Critical problem in 2.6.2 and up
    ... Warning: '/dev' directory structure is incomplete; device is missing. ...
    (Linux-Kernel)
  • Re: Form load errors
    ... coming from the control itself (or the fact that the declaration's no ... the toolbar is there and it fully functional. ... "Missing" and, if so, either check or uncheck ... I think I'll go back to a backup copy of the form and copy/paste the changed ...
    (microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion)
  • Re: Battery Dead Win CE 2002
    ... disappear when the battery drained completely. ... good third party backup trade as well. ... It had lost the owner ... else is missing, but the companion CD doesn't seem to have PocketPC ...
    (microsoft.public.pocketpc)
  • Re: compress folder before backup.
    ... Exchange MVP 2007 ... really would like to stay with the use of backup tapes. ... that would keep the directory structure, the file permissions, the ...
    (microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000)
  • Re: windows lost when adding new memory
    ... (note the missing drive prefixing the directory path) ... Is a normal backup sufficient to recover a non-bootable pc or does this ... Simply removing an incompatible RAM module is usually enough to return ... web site for specific instructions and compatibility requirements. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)