are yourunning anything that rewrites your hd as you reboot? this
looks suspiciously like something norton if set up incorrectly or in a
certain way on purpose might do or there are other packages out there
that do this kind of thing too.
Jed Barton wrote:
>
> I sure did do a search. The file and folder could not be found. I've
> never sceen this problem before.
> Basicly what is happening is when you re-boot the information that you
> created seems to magicly go away. Any info would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Jed
> At 08:36 AM 10/24/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >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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