Re: FTM 2006/Chart Companion - Obscure puzzle

Robert Heiling <robheil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Terry Pinnell wrote:
>>
>> After installing FTM 2006 (over the top of FTM 6, all OK), I installed
>> the separate 'bonus' program, Chart Companion. I took the option to
>> let it scan my PC for FTW files. Apart from the single file I've made
>> so far, Pinnell.FTW, it found a few others that didn't exist! These
>> were in 'M:\RECYCLER\....'
>>
>> But I no longer have a partition labeled M. I did very briefly have
>> one, for a few minutes, when I was doing some work to re-label
>> partitions after installing a new HD recently, but it definitely
>> doesn't exist any more. Neither Explorer nor XP Disk Mgmt show such a
>> partition or drive.
>>
>> I won't be losing any sleep about it, but I'd be interested if anyone
>> has any suggestions how such a quirk could arise please?
>
>That would have happened if you had those .ftw files on the partition
>and deleted them and then forgot to Empty the Recycle Bin. There's
>probably info in the Windows registry and a system file sitting
>somewhere with that info in it. The tools you mention don't display that
>because the partition doesn't exist, but FTM did look a bit harder
>without checking to see if the files had been deleted or even really
>existed.
>
>HTH

Thanks Bob, that makes sense.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

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