Upgraded and files on my desktop got deleted

[Tyler Smith]

I just upgraded from WIN98 to WINXP PRO and No files
other that the ones on my desktop got deleted/lost. these
were my most important files. if you know how to recover
them or why this happened could you email me at
thank you :-)

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Tyler,

Open Windows Explorer to C:\Documents and Settings and look under the =
other user profiles to see if they still exist. They may or may not, =
this is why you should always backup critical data files to removable =
media before making any system changes (especially an Operating System =
upgrade).

If they are not there, and you upgraded with the option to backup the =
existing system, you might try uninstalling WinXP via the Add & Remove =
applet in the Control Panel. If the files are there, then you can copy =
them off and redo the upgrade. Otherwise, they are probably lost as the =
upgrade likely overwrote the space they occupied during the upgrade. =
Retrieval would involve prohibitively expensive recovery tools used by =
someone who knows what they are doing.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Tyler Smith" > wrote in message =
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> I just upgraded from WIN98 to WINXP PRO and No files=20
> other that the ones on my desktop got deleted/lost. these=20
> were my most important files. if you know how to recover=20
> them or why this happened could you email me at=20
> thank you :-)