W
Wolfgang
I'm running XP with SP1 and all patches up-to-date. There is only one
harddrive, C:. The computer is used by one person only, me, and is
behind a router and firewall.
A few weeks ago, I noticed that a rather large directory had
disappeard from my C: drive. The directory, C:\miscell\books\, about
1.1 GByte and hundreds of files, is not required for system operation
and has no software (mostly e-book, letters, etc). So I didn't notice
the disappearance until I attempted to read some material from the
directory.
I searched the entire C: drive for names of files or directories that
I'm positive existed in C:\miscell\books\, just to make sure I hadn't
accidentally moved (dragged and dropped) C:\miscell\books\ somewhere
else. No luck, C:\miscell\books\ is gone without a trace.
Now the same thing happened with another directory, and I'm getting
spooked.
Any hints on what may have happened?
Thanks for any help and advice,
Wolfgang,
Santa Barbara, CA
harddrive, C:. The computer is used by one person only, me, and is
behind a router and firewall.
A few weeks ago, I noticed that a rather large directory had
disappeard from my C: drive. The directory, C:\miscell\books\, about
1.1 GByte and hundreds of files, is not required for system operation
and has no software (mostly e-book, letters, etc). So I didn't notice
the disappearance until I attempted to read some material from the
directory.
I searched the entire C: drive for names of files or directories that
I'm positive existed in C:\miscell\books\, just to make sure I hadn't
accidentally moved (dragged and dropped) C:\miscell\books\ somewhere
else. No luck, C:\miscell\books\ is gone without a trace.
Now the same thing happened with another directory, and I'm getting
spooked.
Any hints on what may have happened?
Thanks for any help and advice,
Wolfgang,
Santa Barbara, CA