compstealth
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Hello all,
So this is whats going on. i installed windows 7 on my laptop. my laptop is my main computer, i dont use my desktop much any more. so i decided to put it on craigslist to gain a couple dollars. i wanted to save all my files from my desktop. since i dont have an external hardrive i took the hardrive out of my laptop and put it into my desktop. i created a new folder named backup an saved it to the hardrive. i pulled all 250GB of files off my desktop and onto my laptop hardrive. i opened the folder after the transfer was complete and was able to see all of my files. i put the hardrive back into my laptop and booted it up. i went to the folder where i save all my files so i can start sorting them. the folder was gone. i set folder options to show hidden folders. i found it. the folder has a padlock on it and when i go to open the folder it is empty, not a single file to be seen. the space is being taken up on my hardrive. out of 320GB i have a little more than 40 free. if i do a search for the files they dont come up. they are on the hardrive somewhere but not where i put them, i think. any help at all will be greatly appreciated. (I had formatted the hardrives in my desktop after the transfer was complete, so all my documents are on my laptop
)
Thanks in advance,
Sean
So this is whats going on. i installed windows 7 on my laptop. my laptop is my main computer, i dont use my desktop much any more. so i decided to put it on craigslist to gain a couple dollars. i wanted to save all my files from my desktop. since i dont have an external hardrive i took the hardrive out of my laptop and put it into my desktop. i created a new folder named backup an saved it to the hardrive. i pulled all 250GB of files off my desktop and onto my laptop hardrive. i opened the folder after the transfer was complete and was able to see all of my files. i put the hardrive back into my laptop and booted it up. i went to the folder where i save all my files so i can start sorting them. the folder was gone. i set folder options to show hidden folders. i found it. the folder has a padlock on it and when i go to open the folder it is empty, not a single file to be seen. the space is being taken up on my hardrive. out of 320GB i have a little more than 40 free. if i do a search for the files they dont come up. they are on the hardrive somewhere but not where i put them, i think. any help at all will be greatly appreciated. (I had formatted the hardrives in my desktop after the transfer was complete, so all my documents are on my laptop
)Thanks in advance,
Sean
