i have hard disk maxtor 160 g.b and when i need to install new os (windows xp sp2) i had to format the drive c during the installation of windows (quick with ntfs) but before that i had bachup my files to new folder at the last partition (it's size is 34 g.b) and after tha installation completed i ahd opened the backup folder but the surprise was very great: The folder is empty. but when i tried to find the size of all data on this partition it was 14.5 gb but when i opened the properties of the partition it told me that the used space is 21.6 g.b, so i think my data is still exist but i can't see it, can any one tell me what's happend and if it possible to restore my data how come to do that ???
Thank You
Basem
2007-08-20 02:48:17 · 1 answers · asked by basem 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
That is strange. If you copied to a completely different partition, it should have a different drive letter and be visible... Hopefully you didn't create the backup folder on the same partition that you installed to?
I would run disk manager and see how many partitions exist- maybe you're looking at a different one. You might also try connecting this drive as a secondary drive to another computer, and see what's visible.
2007-08-20 03:15:37 · answer #1 · answered by C-Man 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋