VERY STRANGE, cloned folder, files disappeared


  1. Posts : 2
    windows 7 ultimate 64bit
       #1

    VERY STRANGE, cloned folder, files disappeared


    I can not find solution online, even in other languages,
    I wrote in different forums ..never seen this problem before!

    issue:

    folder (D:\folder)
    suddenly it "splits" in two folders, like something cloned it
    and the two copies are "locked"

    on explorer I see:
    D:\folder
    and
    D:\FOLDER

    same name, in uppercase and lowercase,
    both locked (padlock visible from explorer).

    if I try to enter I get "Access Denied."
    i tryed to unlock the privileges of the entire HardDisk

    Folders are now unlocked
    but both contain only one folder
    called "new folder" .. that is empty.

    Another strange thing:

    if I delete the "new folder" from one of the two folders "cloned"
    this is automatically deleted from both folders

    I've tried to use Recuva, files that were inside are not deleted.
    i can't find those files anywere! 50gb or more lost don't know where.
    incredible
    sorry for my bad english
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  2. Posts : 10,796
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #2

    Rename one of the folders. close windows file explorer and reopen it. The folder has been renamed? And the other one?

    Also in "command prompt":
    Code:
    D:
    DIR
    Do you see the folder twice?
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 2
    windows 7 ultimate 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    solved.
    i deleted one folder
    (the uppercase one)
    the other folder showed magically all the files.
    WHAT THE HELL HAD DONE THAT ISSUE???
    ..incredible
    i spent all night awake to find a solution without success,
    writing in several forums


    Anyone? what can provocate this issue?
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