- Joined
- Jun 28, 2003
- Location
- MN
im using windows xp. today i just reinstalled windows, and i have done this many many times before. when i do, i copy all of my files in the my documents folder and paste them over in my other storage drive. after everything was set back up again, i cut the files from before and pasted them back in the new my documents folder. i just noticed right now that about 4-5 gigs of those files are completely gone. i did nothing out of the ordinary, they just arent there. they arent hidden or anything and they dont come up on search. theyre just gone all of a sudden. these were files that i wanted to save, and this is a bit upsetting. ive never seen this before. is this a common thing and is there anything to do to prevent or recover this?