As a added note to Gary's comments:

XP is so much larger than W98 that it is a good bet that all files have been
overwritten by the XP installation. If this is the case, recovery software
won't help. The demo software Gary recommended will at least allow you to
see if any files are recoverable before you have to lay out cash.

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
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If you deleted the partition then the files are gone. I wasn't aware the
an upgrade from Win98 to XP required recreating or reformatting the
partition. Pretty sure that's optional. Whatever, they are gone. I doubt
even decent software recovery apps would help, but if you really need
those files it might be worth the effort. I find RTT products to be the
best.
http://www.r-studio.com/

The thing to do when files are lost is to quit using the machine. Best to
install the hard drive to another machine where the data recovery software
is installed.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Piwowar" wrote in message
...
When I upgraded I had to delete the original partition. I did a search on
all
files including hidden ones and nothing came up.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

You can't find *any* of your old files? Have you used Search to see if
they
aren't hidden somewhere? Did you delete or reformat any partitions
during
the upgrade?

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com