Move File command

External Since: Jul 20, 2005 Posts: 1

Can anyone here tell me If the Windows XP "MOVE" command leaves a copy of
the original file in the folder the file was MOVED from?. I used the move
command via XP to relocate some files from an old hard drive to a new hard
drive and in the process of renaming drives, I guess I lost the files I
wanted to save. Is it possible, the files still remain on the old drive,and
If so how can I recover them?

External Since: Jan 31, 2005 Posts: 1528

In news:uNfg%23SUjFHA.2920@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
John had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Can anyone here tell me If the Windows XP "MOVE" command leaves a
> copy of the original file in the folder the file was MOVED from?. I
> used the move command via XP to relocate some files from an old hard
> drive to a new hard drive and in the process of renaming drives, I
> guess I lost the files I wanted to save. Is it possible, the files
> still remain on the old drive,and If so how can I recover them?

There is SOME chance that you can recover them. However, for all intents
they're gone. Check here:

Data Recovery Tools:
http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.html

Galen
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