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    Data missing in Windows partition after Ubuntu

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Alabhya, Jan 17, 2011.

  1. Alabhya

    Alabhya Notebook Guru

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    I recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my system, dual boot with Windows 7.

    I have 2 drives for Windows (C,D) and 2 for ubuntu (/,swap) and recovery.

    The contents of "Downloads" folder of Windows (C;\Users\..\Downloads) have gone missing.
    I had last accessed that folder from ubuntu to copy some data to the ubuntu partition.
    Also,i tried opening one of the files there with wine.

    Later i booted into windows and saw that the whole folder was missing.

    So has it been moved somewhere or deleted?
     
    Alabhya, Jan 17, 2011
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  2. f4ding

    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    Can you still access the folder through Ubuntu?
     
    f4ding, Jan 17, 2011
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  3. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    There is no "known issue" with losing data from FAT32 or NTFS partitions, so it's hard to answer. Your question really boils down to remembering what you did with the folder.

    You can search for it with this command:
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    find . -iname '*downloads*' -type d
    It will probably turn up your /home/you/Downloads folder, which is created by default, but if you happened to have moved the folder in question to your Linux partition, this would turn it up.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Jan 17, 2011
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