Vista Upgrade Lost Personal Files

I just upgraded from Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium, and selected
"upgrade," NOT clean install. However, all the files from the My Pictures
folder are completely gone. I can't find them anywhere on the system. My hard
drive capacity looks about the same from before I installed, so I am assuming
I haven't lost everything. I don't have a "windows.old" file. Any tips for
how I can try to get my files back?

Hi,

Just a thought, but check under C:\Users to see if there is any listing of
an additional accounts left over from the original installation.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Brenda" <> wrote in message
news:928C3DE2-6115-42C5-8C1C-...
>I just upgraded from Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium, and selected
> "upgrade," NOT clean install. However, all the files from the My Pictures
> folder are completely gone. I can't find them anywhere on the system. My
> hard
> drive capacity looks about the same from before I installed, so I am
> assuming
> I haven't lost everything. I don't have a "windows.old" file. Any tips for
> how I can try to get my files back?

Nope, the only user profile is the same one I was using prior to the upgrade
and am using now.

Thanks though.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just a thought, but check under C:\Users to see if there is any listing of
> an additional accounts left over from the original installation.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Brenda" <> wrote in message
> news:928C3DE2-6115-42C5-8C1C-...
> >I just upgraded from Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium, and selected
> > "upgrade," NOT clean install. However, all the files from the My Pictures
> > folder are completely gone. I can't find them anywhere on the system. My
> > hard
> > drive capacity looks about the same from before I installed, so I am
> > assuming
> > I haven't lost everything. I don't have a "windows.old" file. Any tips for
> > how I can try to get my files back?
>
>

do a search of the hdd to see if any of the pictures are found. Hopefully
you remember at least one of the pictures actual filename. If you find one,
the rest should be in the same folder.

"Brenda" <> wrote in message
news27A78EF-934B-45F2-9F64-...
> Nope, the only user profile is the same one I was using prior to the
> upgrade
> and am using now.
>
> Thanks though.
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just a thought, but check under C:\Users to see if there is any listing
>> of
>> an additional accounts left over from the original installation.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Brenda" <> wrote in message
>> news:928C3DE2-6115-42C5-8C1C-...
>> >I just upgraded from Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium, and
>> >selected
>> > "upgrade," NOT clean install. However, all the files from the My
>> > Pictures
>> > folder are completely gone. I can't find them anywhere on the system.
>> > My
>> > hard
>> > drive capacity looks about the same from before I installed, so I am
>> > assuming
>> > I haven't lost everything. I don't have a "windows.old" file. Any tips
>> > for
>> > how I can try to get my files back?
>>
>>

"Brenda" <> wrote in message
news:928C3DE2-6115-42C5-8C1C-...
>I just upgraded from Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium, and selected
> "upgrade," NOT clean install. However, all the files from the My Pictures
> folder are completely gone. I can't find them anywhere on the system. My
> hard
> drive capacity looks about the same from before I installed, so I am
> assuming
> I haven't lost everything. I don't have a "windows.old" file. Any tips for
> how I can try to get my files back?


Brenda,

Just to clarify there is no such folder used anymore in Vista called "My
Pictures" except for backward comparability. It is now simply called
Pictures. Open Explorer and look under C:\Users\YourName\Pictures and see if
they are there.

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Hi Brenda,

As there is no apparent loss of space, a search on *.jpg may locate them for
you.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Brenda" <> wrote in message
news27A78EF-934B-45F2-9F64-...
> Nope, the only user profile is the same one I was using prior to the
> upgrade
> and am using now.
>
> Thanks though.
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just a thought, but check under C:\Users to see if there is any listing
>> of
>> an additional accounts left over from the original installation.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Brenda" <> wrote in message
>> news:928C3DE2-6115-42C5-8C1C-...
>> >I just upgraded from Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium, and
>> >selected
>> > "upgrade," NOT clean install. However, all the files from the My
>> > Pictures
>> > folder are completely gone. I can't find them anywhere on the system.
>> > My
>> > hard
>> > drive capacity looks about the same from before I installed, so I am
>> > assuming
>> > I haven't lost everything. I don't have a "windows.old" file. Any tips
>> > for
>> > how I can try to get my files back?
>>
>>