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Vanishing Files and Folders
After backing everything up I ran chkdsk/f and it put everything back to how it was before. How it was before is that there was a bad sector in one of the files. I tried the copy operation again and when it got to the file with the bad sector the directory got corrupted again. I can only...- KeyFob
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- Forum: Data Recovery
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Vanishing Files and Folders
Furthermore... If I use a 'DOS Prompt' (cmd.exe) window to 'dir' the directory, then it lists the same as it does in Windows Explorer, but after listing the 96 folders says "File Not Found" and a "speech bubble" pops up from the system tray saying: ---------- cmd.exe -...- KeyFob
- Post #3
- Forum: Data Recovery
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Vanishing Files and Folders
Even stranger: I just discovered that if I show the 'address' toolbar in explorer and type the exact pathname to one of the missing folders in there then I can see and access the files which I previously thought had been lost. It's almost as if half the contents of the affected directory have...- KeyFob
- Post #2
- Forum: Data Recovery
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Vanishing Files and Folders
I have a strange problem. I hope somebody can help me. I am running Windows XP Home on a laptop. Windows is on the internal disk drive but I also have a large external drive, a Maxtor 5000XT. I was just copying some files on the Maxtor from one directory to another. It stopped half way...- KeyFob
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- Forum: Data Recovery
