[Krackers87]

I might have a problem with my ntfs tables and need a tool to repair it because in this one folder i keep all my music in (over 15gb and 200 + folders) all the folders after letter f dissapeared and the only way i can get to them is to type the folder directory in the adress bar, but i want the folder icons to show up on their own in my computer again. Any ideas?

[achtung]

Spooky.

[Krackers87]

correction, i tried to move 10 of the folders that were still showing up, and all of them vanished.

[G0atmaster]

first of all: Buy a new harddrive, preferably the same size (even more preferable, the same type) as the on you have now.  Then get a program to do a sector-by-sector clone of the harddrive.  I think there's one of these on the Ultimate Boot CD ubcd.sourceforge.net . Not sure though.  Anyway, clone the drive, use the clone, see if that helps.  If it doesn't, you'll have a nice backup. I'm not sure if there's any way you can repair the NTFS table without completely reformatting (never done it.  Never had to in 3 years as a data recovery tech).  At that point, if it's not a harddrive issue, I'd reformat on the original drive, and use Command Prompt to copy the folders over, and use Files and Settings Transfer Wizard (works unbelievably well for a MS program).  I'm not exactly sure how to do this on a harddrive that's in the computer you're working on.  If you can't, go to your original harddrive and export the ENTIRE registry, merge it to your new install, and just copy all the files straight over via cmd prompt.  There's even a program out on the web, called xxcopy, that lets you ignore copy errors, so one single error doesn't make you recopy ALL of your files, the way windows does.  Don't use the clone again, because if it is a problem with the NTFS tables, you'll just be cloning the problem all over again. 

That's what I'd do anyway.  If you like, though, there's a program that MAY be able to do what you're thinking of.

[jr2]

Did you accidentally make the folder hidden?
Hit Tools - folder options in windows explorer, then click the "view" tab, then select "show hidden files and folders"

[Wobble73]

Or if you were moving folders around then you may have inadvertantly moved them into another folder check each folder for them??

[Unknown Target]

My God Krackers...you're still alive?

[Charismatic]

My God Krackers...you're still alive?

Maby he got eaten and dissapeared too. We have a man down!

[jr2]

Someone brave go find Carl and offer him a lunch before he eats Krackers...

[Scuddie]

Speaking of Carl...

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,38384.0.html


Victory x2

[fsi.scsi]

I had something like this happen on my first PC (windows 98) when I typed "del .." into the MS-DOS prompt.   

[jr2]

*snort*
Which does nothing unless you follow it with something like

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del c: /s /yAll you get if you type "del" is "The syntax of this command is incorrect." or similar.

EDIT: unless you actually typed

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del .. in which case, you instructed it to delete the parent directory of the current directory...  eg, "cd.." takes you to the next level up directory.

[fsi.scsi]

*snort*
Which does nothing unless you follow it with something like

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del c: /s /yAll you get if you type "del" is "The syntax of this command is incorrect." or similar.

EDIT: unless you actually typed

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del .. in which case, you instructed it to delete the parent directory of the current directory...  eg, "cd.." takes you to the next level up directory.

Yes, I typed "del .." with the two periods following it.

[jr2]

Heh, heh.. bet you son't do that again! 
PS Try this and see what you think... bet you wished you had this back then!
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Restoration_d4474.html

[fsi.scsi]

That was in 1999, and I was a young n00b.

[jr2]

.. It wasn't some terrible practical joke, was it?
.. Sort of like telling someone in Halo multiplayer that you don't like that Alt+F4 is a flying cheat? 
   Except much worse of course.