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Tiger deleting my files HELP!

  • 18-10-2006 3:00pm
    #1
    sturgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 845 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I just did an upgrade from panther to tiger on my 12" G4 Powerbook a couple of weeks ago. This morning I noticed something wierd happening. Tonns of my files have disappeared from my hard drive. The loss of these files hasn't freed up any disk space either. It's a 60GB drive with approximately 10GB in use. But finder tells me that I've only 2GB left. Sh1te!!!

    Has anybody heard of this happening before? Any ideas on how I might rectify this? Was thinking of zero-ing the free space on the drive. Thankfully everything has been backed up.

    Thanks.

    S


Comments

  • #2
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    Hmm, I've never heard about any files going missing upgrading the OS or otherwise. Have you tried running Disk Utility?


  • #3
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,522 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Try the proggy WhatSize, maybe the files have been moved onto a different user or something strange.


  • #4
    sturgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 845 ✭✭✭sturgo


    Urban Weigl wrote:
    Hmm, I've never heard about any files going missing upgrading the OS or otherwise. Have you tried running Disk Utility?

    yes.


  • #5
    sturgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 845 ✭✭✭sturgo


    Gordon wrote:
    Try the proggy WhatSize, maybe the files have been moved onto a different user or something strange.

    Gordon I owe you one! You've saved me about 6 hours of re-installing osx and all my apps. I was messing around with changing user names a few weeks ago & for some reason the old username is still on my system. It doesn't appear in System Preferences though. Anyway as if osx wouls start deleting sh1t for no reason!?! That's what xp if for.
    Thanks,


    S


  • #6
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,522 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    So you have a mass of files on your old username? Did you create a new user for the new upgrade or something?

    Glad you got it sorted! :)


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