From: ollierr@tpg.com.au   
      
   Hi   
      
   I recently needed to reinstall XP professional onto my laptop. Ahead of   
   this, I migrated everything of value off the C drive and onto an external   
   HDD. Once I had the system up and running again, and I'd added a number of   
   new products, including ZoneAlarm and Norton AV, I started to bring my   
   valued files back onto the local drive.   
      
   I made the mistake of cutting the files and pasting them into the C drive,   
   rather than just copying them. Once the process was complete, the receiving   
   folder   
   appeared empty, but when I checked the properties, the folder clearly   
   contained my files - I just couldn't see them.   
      
   I copied the 'empty' folder and moved it somewhere else. Sure enough, I   
   could see the file names as they were moved from one folder to another - but   
   the new folder was still 'empty' once the transfer was complete.   
      
   I've tried to unhide (reveal?) the files using the XP file properties - no   
   joy. I have no idea what to do. Any ideas what might be happening and/or how   
   I might fix this?   
      
   Thanks   
   Robert   
      
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