did you do a find for one of the files when you rebooted?
Derek Lane wrote:
>
> Is your hard drive failing? Run scandisk ussing a thero test, and uncheck
> the box that says automatically fix errors. Then run disk defragmenter.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jed Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 9:58 PM
> Subject: Re: win 98 problem please help
>
> > Hey there. There are no partitions on drive D. It is all one drive. OK,
> > i just went and created a folder, and right after i created it, it showed
> up.
> > After i did a re-boot on the machine the folder went away. I tried doing
> a
> > search and nothing was found. Any info would be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jed
> > At 09:07 PM 10/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Hi, Jed. Do you have multiple partitions on your hard drive? If so, the
> > >zip drive may be taking over drive D and your files are being copied to
> one
> > >of the partitions on your hard drive. For example, if your zip drive is
> now
> > >drive D, you might have partitions on main drive C, zip drive = D, then
> more
> > >partitions on E and perhaps a cd-rom drive. If you know some of the
> files
> > >and folders you've copied, perhaps you could remove the zip drive and do
> a
> > >search on a unique file or folder on your whole computer rather then just
> > >one drive. Do this by pressing start fine, then choose computer. Or
> thanks
> > >to an enlightened colleague's message from this list, press
> control-windows
> > >key plus F simultaneously. Enter the file name and hopefully you can
> find
> > >the folders or files you're looking for. If I can help further, please
> > >e-mail me privately.
> > >
> > >=Beth=
> > >=Beth Hatch-Alleyne=
> > >Justice Means Not Just Us.
> > >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Jed Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Sent: 23 October, 1999 1:48 PM
> > >Subject: win 98 problem please help
> > >
> > >
> > >> Hey guys. OK, i just spent the past hour trying to fix this and got no
> > >where.
> > >> Here is my situation.
> > >> I have a few very important folders of files on the zip drive. I
> copied
> > >> them one at a time on to my drive on the system. After copying, they
> all
> > >> showed up just fine.
> > >> Now, i did a re-boot on my system. Many of the folders disappeared,
> and
> > >so
> > >> did a lot of the files that were in them. This is a huge problem
> because
> > >> all of these files have lots of important data in them.
> > >> If anyone has experienced this problem, please let me know. I loved 98
> > >> until now. Basicly stuff isn't copying anywhere and this really
> concerns
> > >> me. Info would be appreciated.
> > >>
> > >> Best Regards,
> > >> Jed
> > >>
> > >>
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