Mis naming a file
I used search to find files in more than one drive. I meant to add an
extra word to the filename. I must have mis typed or deleted part of the filename. When I pressed enter, the file disappeared from the search. Since I misnamed it, is there a way to find the file? I tried using the same drives in the search and sort by date, but nothing comes up with today's date. |
Mis naming a file
Seymore4Head wrote:
I used search to find files in more than one drive. I meant to add an extra word to the filename. I must have mis typed or deleted part of the filename. When I pressed enter, the file disappeared from the search. Since I misnamed it, is there a way to find the file? I tried using the same drives in the search and sort by date, but nothing comes up with today's date. NTFS has the USN Journal. FAT32 doesn't have anything like that. A partition can have the Journal recently deleted. And the Journal (apparently) can be turned off, because I have some partitions where the tools swear one isn't present on NTFS. In any case, here is an example of someone inspecting it. https://tzworks.net/prototype_page.php?proto_id=5 The picture at the bottom of the page, the top entry says: filename type change V01tmp.log file_new_name;file_closed There is also a datestamp. I've not used the Journal for anything, so at the moment it's merely amusing. Paul |
Mis naming a file
In message , Paul
writes Seymore4Head wrote: I used search to find files in more than one drive. I meant to add an extra word to the filename. I must have mis typed or deleted part of the filename. When I pressed enter, the file disappeared from the search. Since I misnamed it, is there a way to find the file? I tried using the same drives in the search and sort by date, but nothing comes up with today's date. NTFS has the USN Journal. FAT32 doesn't have anything like that. A partition can have the Journal recently deleted. And the Journal (apparently) can be turned off, because I have some partitions where the tools swear one isn't present on NTFS. In any case, here is an example of someone inspecting it. https://tzworks.net/prototype_page.php?proto_id=5 The picture at the bottom of the page, the top entry says: filename type change V01tmp.log file_new_name;file_closed There is also a datestamp. I've not used the Journal for anything, so at the moment it's merely amusing. Paul I would have thought that a search by 'All files and folders' then 'When was it modified?' would find a mis-renamed file. If it doesn't, I usually find that the reason is that the name I'm searching on is wrong. *.* will find everything with an extension. * will find everything - even if it has no extension. *.doc will find only doc files (as will .doc) And so on. - but presumably you've done this already. However, another reason is that I didn't actually change the filename. This can happen if you get as far as changing the name, but close the window before clicking somewhere else on the window (eg a blank space). If so, the filename - and more importantly, the Date Modified - will remain unchanged. As a result, you will be searching for the wrong date. -- Ian |
Mis naming a file
On Tue, 2 Jan 2018 11:13:35 +0000, Ian Jackson
wrote: In message , Paul writes Seymore4Head wrote: I used search to find files in more than one drive. I meant to add an extra word to the filename. I must have mis typed or deleted part of the filename. When I pressed enter, the file disappeared from the search. Since I misnamed it, is there a way to find the file? I tried using the same drives in the search and sort by date, but nothing comes up with today's date. NTFS has the USN Journal. FAT32 doesn't have anything like that. A partition can have the Journal recently deleted. And the Journal (apparently) can be turned off, because I have some partitions where the tools swear one isn't present on NTFS. In any case, here is an example of someone inspecting it. https://tzworks.net/prototype_page.php?proto_id=5 The picture at the bottom of the page, the top entry says: filename type change V01tmp.log file_new_name;file_closed There is also a datestamp. I've not used the Journal for anything, so at the moment it's merely amusing. Paul I would have thought that a search by 'All files and folders' then 'When was it modified?' would find a mis-renamed file. If it doesn't, I usually find that the reason is that the name I'm searching on is wrong. *.* will find everything with an extension. * will find everything - even if it has no extension. *.doc will find only doc files (as will .doc) And so on. - but presumably you've done this already. However, another reason is that I didn't actually change the filename. This can happen if you get as far as changing the name, but close the window before clicking somewhere else on the window (eg a blank space). If so, the filename - and more importantly, the Date Modified - will remain unchanged. As a result, you will be searching for the wrong date. This doesn't work, does it? When you rename a file it doesn't seem to change Date Modified. |
Mis naming a file
In message , Seymore4Head
writes However, another reason is that I didn't actually change the filename. This can happen if you get as far as changing the name, but close the window before clicking somewhere else on the window (eg a blank space). If so, the filename - and more importantly, the Date Modified - will remain unchanged. As a result, you will be searching for the wrong date. This doesn't work, does it? When you rename a file it doesn't seem to change Date Modified. Oh bother! You are, of course. absolutely RIGHT. -- Ian |
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