While it was downloading off napster, i was fiddling around in my mp3 folder with the previous song i had downloaded. i was re-writing the file name so it would correspond with all the other tracks i had downloaded before. but as soon as i finished re-writing the file name and hit enter, a little message popped up saying that the FOLDER i was IN didnt exist… i thought that was a bit peculiar. so i clicked around for a bit, back-tracking through the folders to see what was going on. but each time i back-tracked, the folder i had just left, dissapeared. one after another the began to dissapear. i didnt understand. i was worried so i immediately turned off the computer hoping whatever potential damage that was caused wouldn’t be saved.
when i returned to windows and went back to my personal folder where i store EVERYTHING of mine, i noticed it was empty. all of the writing i had ever done in or outside of school had been erased. over 700 mb of mp3 files were deleted (downloaded using a 36.6 connection). pictures of friends, scenery, webpage material were all gone. many little programs i had aquired over the years and still used occasionally didnt exist…
what the hell? how did this happen? i did nothing, i repeat NOTHING out of the ordinary. even if i had ACCIDENTLY pressed delete on my main folder, the files would have been transfered to the recycle bin, which they had not been. i assume this may have been some sort of virus… but from napster? has anyone heard of a music file that could pose as a virus as well? could this have been a timmed virus sent to me at a later date? is there any way to get my files back?
oh please help… so many years were devoted to that folder… so many responsibilities remained in that folder… i desperately need it back.