squidfoot
December 6th 03, 01:19 PM
98 was fat32. xp is ntfs. if you truly upgraded, you
would have had an option to save some fat32 stuff, but
quite frankly NTFS puts a bunch of darn zeros where your
data was. Did you upgrade XP as FAT32 or NTFS?. THey
won't talk to each other. I've done this to 3 or 4
machines and don't quite remember any recovery options
but check with jupiter jones in this forum. He's an MVP
and purty darn smart. also check marfer notes, kelly's
korner and doug knox.
>-----Original Message-----
>i had a problem doing this and lost some data, which i
>think is still on my comp somewhere/in someform, for
>several reasons- only 1.4 gb of dta was lost,and a
backup
>file awas made even though i didnt back any data up. to
>cut a long story short someone on here suggested that :
>
>"Easily resolved backup all of your important data and
>format your drive and do a clean install, you'll see why
>when it's done."
>
>im grateful for any help i get but cant help feeling i
>will definately lose any chance if i format my drive.can
>anyone help?
>if it helps a folder called user~tmp.@01 appeared on my
>drive which i didnt make.
>thanks
>.
>
would have had an option to save some fat32 stuff, but
quite frankly NTFS puts a bunch of darn zeros where your
data was. Did you upgrade XP as FAT32 or NTFS?. THey
won't talk to each other. I've done this to 3 or 4
machines and don't quite remember any recovery options
but check with jupiter jones in this forum. He's an MVP
and purty darn smart. also check marfer notes, kelly's
korner and doug knox.
>-----Original Message-----
>i had a problem doing this and lost some data, which i
>think is still on my comp somewhere/in someform, for
>several reasons- only 1.4 gb of dta was lost,and a
backup
>file awas made even though i didnt back any data up. to
>cut a long story short someone on here suggested that :
>
>"Easily resolved backup all of your important data and
>format your drive and do a clean install, you'll see why
>when it's done."
>
>im grateful for any help i get but cant help feeling i
>will definately lose any chance if i format my drive.can
>anyone help?
>if it helps a folder called user~tmp.@01 appeared on my
>drive which i didnt make.
>thanks
>.
>