essayons
01-16-2001, 03:24 PM
I recently upgraded my system by replacing the HDD and installing Win98SE (had Win95a). I took my old HDD and popped it into a Microtech hard drive enclosure (parallel port hookup) to copy the data back to my new HDD. Well, initially Win98 wouldn't recognize the drive format for whatever reason, so I took the old drive to work and copied it to my HDD there, so I could pop it onto CDs and copy it back that way.
I then got my home Win98 system to recognize the drive after all (it's amazing what a cold boot will do) so I brought the portable back to work and moved the data back on for the trip home. But when I tried to copy it over at home, some of the directory names had changed, and Windows (98 OR 95) didn't recognize them as holding any data (there was as much as 2.5GB of data in them to begin with). The name change went like this:
from D --> fro*d~1
from I --> fro*i~1
Now Win98, Win95 AND DOS cannot recognize these directory names as valid.
Does anyone know of a method (ANY method) of getting these directories back?!?!
Any pity, encouragement OR actual helpful information is appreciated!
I then got my home Win98 system to recognize the drive after all (it's amazing what a cold boot will do) so I brought the portable back to work and moved the data back on for the trip home. But when I tried to copy it over at home, some of the directory names had changed, and Windows (98 OR 95) didn't recognize them as holding any data (there was as much as 2.5GB of data in them to begin with). The name change went like this:
from D --> fro*d~1
from I --> fro*i~1
Now Win98, Win95 AND DOS cannot recognize these directory names as valid.
Does anyone know of a method (ANY method) of getting these directories back?!?!
Any pity, encouragement OR actual helpful information is appreciated!