moved files around to drives....now all not working properly

[brandlie2009]

Hi all, please help i have windows XP....I tried to add more space to a drive & moved programs & misc files from one drive to another....now all my files are a mess & programs r not working how can i get them all back where they belong....for example mspaint no longer shows in my acessories....is there a program that will correct my mistakes & put files back where they belong?

[Allan]

You need to be more explicit about what you did.

[brandlie2009]

I took files from my C: presario H.... local disk to make more room & moved them to my C: storage disk
Example i moved Mspaint in error as well as many others & now it now longer shows in my accesories nor does it open pictures....my files are a mess. is there any way to get them all back where they belong.....tried restore already....didnt correct

thanks

[Allan]

I took files from my C: presario H.... local disk to make more room & moved them to my C: storage disk

I don't know what that means. I don't know what or where those disks / drives are (same computer, different hd's, etc). Please be explicit about what you did.

[brandlie2009]

same computer.....

sorry im trying to explain the best i can.....
my h drive said i needed to free up space....
i started with disk clean up &  then BIG MISTAKE...went to explorer & moved files that i thought would still open (mspaint) from my h presario drive to my c storage drive.....what a mess
for example I took mspaint out of h drive & put it in c storage drive.....now it does not work?

 when i go into my h & C drive now i do see different colors black & blue for the files there which leads me to believe that its tellin me of course that they dont belong there

signed stupid girl

[Allan]

I still don't completely understand, but okay. Is there some reason you can't simply put the files back in their original locations?

[brandlie2009]

I am not sure which & where they go

[brandlie2009]

Hi Allan,
tks for your time....I guess i was hoping there was something i could just run to put all files back where they belong to operate properly...

[Allan]

Nope. Sorry. You should have created a disk image before making any changes. Unless you can manually restore them to their original locations I'm afraid you are out of luck.

[brandlie2009]

Oakey dokey tks again.....great site & will use again... 

[BillRichardson]

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C:\>dir /s mspaint*
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is F4A3-D6B3

 
 Directory of C:\WINDOWS\Help

04/14/2008  06:00 AM            45,590 mspaint.chm
04/14/2008  06:00 AM            19,181 mspaint.hlp
               2 File(s)         64,771 bytes

 Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32

04/14/2008  06:00 AM           343,040 mspaint.exe
               1 File(s)        343,040 bytes

 Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache

04/14/2008  06:00 AM           343,040 mspaint.exe
               1 File(s)        343,040 bytes

     Total Files Listed:
               7 File(s)        928,989 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  302,630,842,368 bytes free

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