Well that''s it for me.

After three days of bliss with Vista Ultimate x64 I've already had it. Could
someone give me a hint where Vista moved the files I thought I was dragging
across the LAN onto my new desktop. I'd like to have them back when I get XP
Pro x64 installed.

cmsix

I would first look in the network Bit bucket!

"cmsix" <> wrote in message
news:e5pef1$...
> After three days of bliss with Vista Ultimate x64 I've already had it.
> Could
> someone give me a hint where Vista moved the files I thought I was
> dragging
> across the LAN onto my new desktop. I'd like to have them back when I get
> XP
> Pro x64 installed.
>
> cmsix
>

c:\users\your username\desktop

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"cmsix" <> wrote in message
news:e5pef1$...
> After three days of bliss with Vista Ultimate x64 I've already had it.
> Could
> someone give me a hint where Vista moved the files I thought I was
> dragging
> across the LAN onto my new desktop. I'd like to have them back when I get
> XP
> Pro x64 installed.
>
> cmsix
>

If you dragged files across the LAN how can we know where you put them? You
did make a backup of the old system before "dragging", didn't you?

"cmsix" <> wrote in message
news:e5pef1$...
> After three days of bliss with Vista Ultimate x64 I've already had it.
> Could
> someone give me a hint where Vista moved the files I thought I was
> dragging
> across the LAN onto my new desktop. I'd like to have them back when I get
> XP
> Pro x64 installed.
>
> cmsix
>

"Not Me" <> wrote in message
news:...
> c:\users\your username\desktop

Nope, there not there. Only thing in it is one shortcut that I did drag over
from XP. Any other guesses?

cmsix

>
> --
> A Professional Amateur...If anyone knew it all, none of would be here!
>
> Change Alpha to Numeric to reply
> "cmsix" <> wrote in message
> news:e5pef1$...
>> After three days of bliss with Vista Ultimate x64 I've already had it.
>> Could
>> someone give me a hint where Vista moved the files I thought I was
>> dragging
>> across the LAN onto my new desktop. I'd like to have them back when I get
>> XP
>> Pro x64 installed.
>>
>> cmsix
>>
>
>

In the first place I wasn't dumb enough to to get rid of the old system, but
I was dumb enough to move some of the files instead of just copying them.

In the second place, I said plainly in the first post that I dragged them
across the LAN onto the desktop. THE DESKTOP. You remember the Desktop from
XP don't you. Back when it was a directory and not just a pointer to random
places around the disk. They left the Desktop on their own when I installed
SP1. They aren't in Recycle in the root of C: and in fact the Recycle Bin
icon left the desktop at the same time. Looks like they should have made
provisions for a lost+found directory in Vista.

In fact I did find most of them just now in

"C:\Windows\system32config\systemprofile\Deskt op\" but it begs the question
"How did they get there?" and then "Why did they go there?" I guess I'll
just .rar the disk and settle for whatever I can find later.

At least I think I can later open the on a 32 bit machine and hope they
won't be moving by themselves again. If that doesn't work I can just install
xubuntu and mount the disk to dig out my files.

And to think, I just went with Vista to see if I could find a faster grep
for windows.

cmsix


"Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
news:46E38DEF-DA02-4DB9-9246-...
> If you dragged files across the LAN how can we know where you put them?
> You did make a backup of the old system before "dragging", didn't you?
>
> "cmsix" <> wrote in message
> news:e5pef1$...
>> After three days of bliss with Vista Ultimate x64 I've already had it.
>> Could
>> someone give me a hint where Vista moved the files I thought I was
>> dragging
>> across the LAN onto my new desktop. I'd like to have them back when I get
>> XP
>> Pro x64 installed.
>>
>> cmsix
>>
>

hopefully you remember some of the file names, SEARCH is supposed to be good
in Vista...

"cmsix" <> wrote in message
news:OVZT%...
> In the first place I wasn't dumb enough to to get rid of the old system,
> but I was dumb enough to move some of the files instead of just copying
> them.
>
> In the second place, I said plainly in the first post that I dragged them
> across the LAN onto the desktop. THE DESKTOP. You remember the Desktop
> from XP don't you. Back when it was a directory and not just a pointer to
> random places around the disk. They left the Desktop on their own when I
> installed SP1. They aren't in Recycle in the root of C: and in fact the
> Recycle Bin icon left the desktop at the same time. Looks like they should
> have made provisions for a lost+found directory in Vista.
>
> In fact I did find most of them just now in
>
> "C:\Windows\system32config\systemprofile\Deskt op\" but it begs the
> question "How did they get there?" and then "Why did they go there?" I
> guess I'll just .rar the disk and settle for whatever I can find later.
>
> At least I think I can later open the on a 32 bit machine and hope they
> won't be moving by themselves again. If that doesn't work I can just
> install xubuntu and mount the disk to dig out my files.
>
> And to think, I just went with Vista to see if I could find a faster grep
> for windows.
>
> cmsix
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
> news:46E38DEF-DA02-4DB9-9246-...
>> If you dragged files across the LAN how can we know where you put them?
>> You did make a backup of the old system before "dragging", didn't you?
>>
>> "cmsix" <> wrote in message
>> news:e5pef1$...
>>> After three days of bliss with Vista Ultimate x64 I've already had it.
>>> Could
>>> someone give me a hint where Vista moved the files I thought I was
>>> dragging
>>> across the LAN onto my new desktop. I'd like to have them back when I
>>> get XP
>>> Pro x64 installed.
>>>
>>> cmsix
>>>
>>
>