no user music files

have just upgraded to vista home premium from xp.found my music files but can
not find any other user music files,has update deleted or have they been moved

Hi,

Click start and type "Control Folders" and hit <enter>. On the view tab, set
the options to see hidden and system folders. Now open Windows Explorer and
look for a windows.old folder on the root of the drive. This will contain
the remnants of your XP installation including your old user files. You can
retrieve your data from here.

--
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

"stefan" <stefan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFB686CB-94B7-4946-9988-9EFA7F04B39A@microsoft.com...
> have just upgraded to vista home premium from xp.found my music files but
> can
> not find any other user music files,has update deleted or have they been
> moved

hi,when you say the root do you mean the c:/ drive as there is no windows.old
folder to be found.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Click start and type "Control Folders" and hit <enter>. On the view tab, set
> the options to see hidden and system folders. Now open Windows Explorer and
> look for a windows.old folder on the root of the drive. This will contain
> the remnants of your XP installation including your old user files. You can
> retrieve your data from here.
>
> --
> 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
>
> "stefan" <stefan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FFB686CB-94B7-4946-9988-9EFA7F04B39A@microsoft.com...
> > have just upgraded to vista home premium from xp.found my music files but
> > can
> > not find any other user music files,has update deleted or have they been
> > moved
>
>

Hi,

Did you upgrade or clean install? At any point did you format the drive?

--
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

"stefan" <stefan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03810A8E-F9B4-4A8D-949D-6A156F0622BF@microsoft.com...
> hi,when you say the root do you mean the c:/ drive as there is no
> windows.old
> folder to be found.
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Click start and type "Control Folders" and hit <enter>. On the view tab,
>> set
>> the options to see hidden and system folders. Now open Windows Explorer
>> and
>> look for a windows.old folder on the root of the drive. This will contain
>> the remnants of your XP installation including your old user files. You
>> can
>> retrieve your data from here.
>>
>> --
>> 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
>>
>> "stefan" <stefan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FFB686CB-94B7-4946-9988-9EFA7F04B39A@microsoft.com...
>> > have just upgraded to vista home premium from xp.found my music files
>> > but
>> > can
>> > not find any other user music files,has update deleted or have they
>> > been
>> > moved
>>
>>

hi,upgraded did not clean install and did not agree to any formating.found
indexts for files but just keep saying deleted or moved.have done numerouse
searches in all catagories,still nothing.frustrated because all my music and
documents are still there and did not have to look for them.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Did you upgrade or clean install? At any point did you format the drive?
>
> --
> 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
>
> "stefan" <stefan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:03810A8E-F9B4-4A8D-949D-6A156F0622BF@microsoft.com...
> > hi,when you say the root do you mean the c:/ drive as there is no
> > windows.old
> > folder to be found.
> >
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Click start and type "Control Folders" and hit <enter>. On the view tab,
> >> set
> >> the options to see hidden and system folders. Now open Windows Explorer
> >> and
> >> look for a windows.old folder on the root of the drive. This will contain
> >> the remnants of your XP installation including your old user files. You
> >> can
> >> retrieve your data from here.
> >>
> >> --
> >> 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
> >>
> >> "stefan" <stefan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:FFB686CB-94B7-4946-9988-9EFA7F04B39A@microsoft.com...
> >> > have just upgraded to vista home premium from xp.found my music files
> >> > but
> >> > can
> >> > not find any other user music files,has update deleted or have they
> >> > been
> >> > moved
> >>
> >>
>
>

Hi,

Have you looked under C:\Users at other user accounts?

--
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

"stefan" <stefan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4E592B54-333D-459C-A710-A0C821297BFA@microsoft.com...
> hi,upgraded did not clean install and did not agree to any formating.found
> indexts for files but just keep saying deleted or moved.have done
> numerouse
> searches in all catagories,still nothing.frustrated because all my music
> and
> documents are still there and did not have to look for them.
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Did you upgrade or clean install? At any point did you format the drive?
>>
>> --
>> 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
>>
>> "stefan" <stefan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:03810A8E-F9B4-4A8D-949D-6A156F0622BF@microsoft.com...
>> > hi,when you say the root do you mean the c:/ drive as there is no
>> > windows.old
>> > folder to be found.
>> >
>> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Click start and type "Control Folders" and hit <enter>. On the view
>> >> tab,
>> >> set
>> >> the options to see hidden and system folders. Now open Windows
>> >> Explorer
>> >> and
>> >> look for a windows.old folder on the root of the drive. This will
>> >> contain
>> >> the remnants of your XP installation including your old user files.
>> >> You
>> >> can
>> >> retrieve your data from here.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> 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
>> >>
>> >> "stefan" <stefan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:FFB686CB-94B7-4946-9988-9EFA7F04B39A@microsoft.com...
>> >> > have just upgraded to vista home premium from xp.found my music
>> >> > files
>> >> > but
>> >> > can
>> >> > not find any other user music files,has update deleted or have they
>> >> > been
>> >> > moved
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>