Join or sign in Register for your free TechRepublic membership or if you are already a member, sign in using your preferred method below. Use Your Email Use FacebookUse Linkedin

Cannot open my folder

Locked

Hi,

I’ve just tried to install Windows XP Pro and everything went fine until it got to “checking disks”. When it got to 50% my PC froze and when I re-started, XP tried to install again… until the 50% and froze again. Now I have cancelled the install and gone into my drive, to find some of my folders are no longer a folder and are now just a file.

CHKDSK both before the install and now say no errors on the drive

Is there anyway I can get my folders back?

Thanks for any help.

Topic

Reply To: Cannot open my folder

In reply to Cannot open my folder

Do the files have an extension name? It is possible that your folders have been compressed during installation.

Reply To: Cannot open my folder

In reply to Cannot open my folder

Hi,

The only thing I get when looking at the properties is a General tab, Sharing & Customize have gone and the information is,

Faulty folder is,
Type of file: File

And a working folder is,
Type of file: File Folder

Thanks for the reply.

Reply To: Cannot open my folder

In reply to Cannot open my folder

It’s been a while since I installed XP but I thought it did the disk check (and the conversion to NTFS) very early in the install. Were the folders created in a previous O/S?
Ontrack makes a product called EasyRecovery. It’s pretty easy to use and very good.

[Author]

Replies