lori
December 12th 03, 07:18 PM
Also fyi, files remained intact in recycle bin. Can
restore and use those files as though nothing happened.
Thanks again.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>FYI, I also tried System Restore at multiple points but
>still no files.
>
>Thank you for your help!
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Yesterday morning, I was replying to an Outlook message
>>when my computer froze. The fan/other machine noises
>>ceased. The video at the top of the screen was screwed
>>up. Nothing on the computer (notebook) would work,
>>including the power button. I finally held down the
>power
>>button long enough to force a restart. XP ran scandisk
>>upon restarting; it took a long time.
>>
>>When the usernames appeared on the screen, I clicked on
>>mine (which is also the administrator account) and was
>>shcoked to find that all of my settings were gone; XP
>>appeared as it did when I first installed it, with all
>of
>>the items I had stored on my desktop gone and the
>>taskbar, desktop, etc. restored to their original
state.
>>I tried to open Outlook, but it responded as though it
>>had just been installed and had no accounts set up. I
>>looked in My Documents, which had hundreds of files in
>it
>>before the crash and there was NOTHING.
>>
>>All my files are gone--they just disappeared. Pictures,
>>music, Office files, web site storage, everything is
>>gone. My husband and I have both searched for them
every
>>way we know how. My applications are still
>available. "My
>>Recent Documents" shows files that I did read recently,
>>as do the "recent files" sections of Word, etc., but
>when
>>I try to open those files, I get this error message:
>>
>>"Problem with Shortcut - The drive or network
connection
>>that the shortcut "any file name.lnk" refers to is
>>unavailable. Make sure that the disk is properly
>inserted
>>or the network resource is available, and then try
>>again."
>>
>>It's almost like my user account was deleted, except
>that
>>it wasn't because my name was on the login screen from
>>the first time I rebooted after the crash.
>>
>>I cannot find any information about this problem. I
>would
>>be so grateful for your help. Obviously, there are
years
>>and years' worth of files, family photos, email, etc.
>>stored on this machine, and it wuld break my heart to
>>loose all that; I also use this machine for business
and
>>it would be a disaster to lose all of the business-
>>related information I've collected.
>>
>>FYI, I've had XP installed since October 2002 and have
>>not had problems. Also, I do not know exactly how much
>>disk space I had prior to this crash, but it seems that
>>there is enough space taken up on my hard drive right
>now
>>that these files must be SOMEWHERE. A virus check
turned
>>up nothing. Please let me know if I can provide further
>>info. Thank you!
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>
restore and use those files as though nothing happened.
Thanks again.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>FYI, I also tried System Restore at multiple points but
>still no files.
>
>Thank you for your help!
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Yesterday morning, I was replying to an Outlook message
>>when my computer froze. The fan/other machine noises
>>ceased. The video at the top of the screen was screwed
>>up. Nothing on the computer (notebook) would work,
>>including the power button. I finally held down the
>power
>>button long enough to force a restart. XP ran scandisk
>>upon restarting; it took a long time.
>>
>>When the usernames appeared on the screen, I clicked on
>>mine (which is also the administrator account) and was
>>shcoked to find that all of my settings were gone; XP
>>appeared as it did when I first installed it, with all
>of
>>the items I had stored on my desktop gone and the
>>taskbar, desktop, etc. restored to their original
state.
>>I tried to open Outlook, but it responded as though it
>>had just been installed and had no accounts set up. I
>>looked in My Documents, which had hundreds of files in
>it
>>before the crash and there was NOTHING.
>>
>>All my files are gone--they just disappeared. Pictures,
>>music, Office files, web site storage, everything is
>>gone. My husband and I have both searched for them
every
>>way we know how. My applications are still
>available. "My
>>Recent Documents" shows files that I did read recently,
>>as do the "recent files" sections of Word, etc., but
>when
>>I try to open those files, I get this error message:
>>
>>"Problem with Shortcut - The drive or network
connection
>>that the shortcut "any file name.lnk" refers to is
>>unavailable. Make sure that the disk is properly
>inserted
>>or the network resource is available, and then try
>>again."
>>
>>It's almost like my user account was deleted, except
>that
>>it wasn't because my name was on the login screen from
>>the first time I rebooted after the crash.
>>
>>I cannot find any information about this problem. I
>would
>>be so grateful for your help. Obviously, there are
years
>>and years' worth of files, family photos, email, etc.
>>stored on this machine, and it wuld break my heart to
>>loose all that; I also use this machine for business
and
>>it would be a disaster to lose all of the business-
>>related information I've collected.
>>
>>FYI, I've had XP installed since October 2002 and have
>>not had problems. Also, I do not know exactly how much
>>disk space I had prior to this crash, but it seems that
>>there is enough space taken up on my hard drive right
>now
>>that these files must be SOMEWHERE. A virus check
turned
>>up nothing. Please let me know if I can provide further
>>info. Thank you!
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>