Following some suspected software errors (with Win7) I decided to upgrade from Win 7 to Win 8.1Pro . My PC is relatively new, a Haswell processor, 16G RAM, nVidia 660, etc
The install was smooth without flagged errors. A bunch of "popular" software was installed, such as Office 2013, Abby Finereader, Adobe Acrobat, all latest versions.
I have 4 HDDs, one of which is a SSD that I again called c:\ followed by D:, E:, F:, with D,E, and F being mechanical HDDs.
Within 2 days I realised that I was seeing unexplained anomalies. First, using File Explorer, when I right clicked on a SSD or HDD (eg C and then clicked Properties, no usage (properties) were displayed. And then I saw that any search on any SSD and HDD for any file (or string) began the progress bar moving very slowly towards the end, but the progress bar never got to the end and no match was ever found for my search.
Then the third and worst problem became obvious. I am not sure of the jargon but here goes. Each C,D,E and F have a list of folders, AND ALSO each have a few, say 50 files, attached directly to the root, eg C:, D:, E:, and F:. (Not good practice, I am told). Here's the rub, all of these directly attached files are no longer there. The folders and their contents are, but not the root-attached files! I generally have good backups but these missing files were put under root till I decided on their importance.
Using cmd.exe the files are still not visible.
I used to be a well informed PC and UNIX user, but since retirement my skills are decreasing.
Does the above ring any bells, any ideas, please?
Regards
Doug
The install was smooth without flagged errors. A bunch of "popular" software was installed, such as Office 2013, Abby Finereader, Adobe Acrobat, all latest versions.
I have 4 HDDs, one of which is a SSD that I again called c:\ followed by D:, E:, F:, with D,E, and F being mechanical HDDs.
Within 2 days I realised that I was seeing unexplained anomalies. First, using File Explorer, when I right clicked on a SSD or HDD (eg C and then clicked Properties, no usage (properties) were displayed. And then I saw that any search on any SSD and HDD for any file (or string) began the progress bar moving very slowly towards the end, but the progress bar never got to the end and no match was ever found for my search.
Then the third and worst problem became obvious. I am not sure of the jargon but here goes. Each C,D,E and F have a list of folders, AND ALSO each have a few, say 50 files, attached directly to the root, eg C:, D:, E:, and F:. (Not good practice, I am told). Here's the rub, all of these directly attached files are no longer there. The folders and their contents are, but not the root-attached files! I generally have good backups but these missing files were put under root till I decided on their importance.
Using cmd.exe the files are still not visible.
I used to be a well informed PC and UNIX user, but since retirement my skills are decreasing.
Does the above ring any bells, any ideas, please?
Regards
Doug
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 7
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Home Built
- CPU
- Intel I7
- Motherboard
- Asus
- Memory
- 18GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- nVidia 460