Lost Files

[Shaun]

Tried to upgrade from Windows ME to Windows XP Pro and
lost all of my documents. Is there any way to recover
them.

[rifleman]

In article >,
says...
> Tried to upgrade from Windows ME to Windows XP Pro and
> lost all of my documents. Is there any way to recover
> them.
>
I don't know what the format is in ME, but in XP try looking in
C:/Documents and Settings/Your User Name/My Documents
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[shaun]

It's not there I've checked

>-----Original Message-----
>In article >,
says...
>> Tried to upgrade from Windows ME to Windows XP Pro and
>> lost all of my documents. Is there any way to recover
>> them.
>>
>I don't know what the format is in ME, but in XP try
looking in
>C:/Documents and Settings/Your User Name/My Documents
>--
>(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
>Google is your Friend
>Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
>www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>
>.
>

[rifleman]

In article >,
says...
> It's not there I've checked
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >In article >,
> says...
> >> Tried to upgrade from Windows ME to Windows XP Pro and
> >> lost all of my documents. Is there any way to recover
> >> them.
> >>
> >I don't know what the format is in ME, but in XP try
> looking in
> >C:/Documents and Settings/Your User Name/My Documents
> >--
> >(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
> >Google is your Friend
> >Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
> >www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
> >
> >.
> >
>
Ah. Did you do a "proper" upgrade or were you trying to do a clean
install?
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[Amethyst]

Shaun wrote:
> Tried to upgrade from Windows ME to Windows XP Pro and
> lost all of my documents. Is there any way to recover
> them.


Sounds like you didn't upgrade, you formatted. So the answer to your
question is no, they're gone. You should have implemented a secure back-up
procedure before you started fiddling.
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