I installed a second hard drive, formatted it, partioned it into 2.
Then I decided to shrink my origial drive which was already had 2 partitions.
I shut down and it rebooted just fine.
But now I noticed these folders in the new E: partition:
Boot
bootmgr
BOOTSECT.BAK
I know these files...
backupsolutions
boot issues
boot records
c drive
data recovery
disk formatting
disk manager
e drive
file management
file transfer
hard drive
multiple drives
os startup
partitioning
primary partition
reinstall windows
system files
troubleshooting
windows installation
windows support
Chkdsk deleted all my files.
COmputer: Toshiba Satellite 4GB ram
OS: Vista Ultimate
I have a 1 month old 0.5TB USB external drive that I use to backup all my data, work, personal stuff, etc - 10 years of my life.
I am running vista ultimate.
WHen vista starts and the usb is plugged in it...
backupsolutions
chkdsk
computer issues
consistency check
data loss
data recovery
deleted files
disk check
error messages
external storage
file backup
hard drive
log file
personal data
system issues
toshiba
usb drive
vista ultimate
windows vista