On Fri, 14 May 2004 00:56:59 +0000, Derek wrote:

Hi,

Are you suggesting that the shop HAS made a mistake when copying over the
files from his OLD hard drive, to the NEW one then ?

Have you had personal experience of the same prob ?


Yes, it is possible that the shop messed something up. It's also, just as
possible, assuming FAT is being used, that someone simply failed to
shutdown the system properly, and this is the result.

A system should ALWAYS been cleanly shutdown after use. Do not power off
your computer until it says it's safe to do so. Powering off a computer
before it says it's safe to do so is begging for filesystem corruption and
possibly even file damage. Converting to NTFS is a positive, proactive
step, which will greatly help mitigate the risks. Just the same, even
after a conversion to NTFS, proper shudowns should always be performed.

Cheers!