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Missing Home Directories and/or files

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by trent.mitchell

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Recently on a windows 2000 domain a few clients have complainned that their files and or home directories are not working. After some checking it seems some files newer then 2000 are simply gone and some home directories are gone. The home directories are still listed in the user profile but the actual directory is gone. I have tried undelete tools and can not find any of the missing fies or folders on the harddrives (local or server). Any ideas why this is happening ? The server is windows 2000 server sp3 and clients are windows 2k and 98 with the latest service packs.

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by p.j.hutchison

Sounds like some one is deleting the directories probably by accident, I suggest restoring the files again and check the permissions again so only the Administrator(s) and the user has access to them...

by trent.mitchell

If that was the case would not the undelete programs find them ? They seemed to find other deleted files on the server but not these ones ?

by bfilmfan

Exactly what undelete tool are you using?

Who has permissions on the folders?

Have you ran a virus scan?

Directories and files just don't delete themselves.

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