Full File Directory Tree

The only way to rescue any actual data then do a fresh install of Windows is to boot with a Linux Live USB, pull all personal folder items off onto a external drive and then nuke the drive that is in the computer to install Windows.

FreeBooter said:

I think you are looking for command Tree that will display the tree structure beginning with the current directory of the current drive.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...-commands/tree

I thought that since I'm an old timer,. going back to CP/M and DOS, that I knew all the cmd commands. Wrong! From this thread, I learned about the tree command, and I'm the better for that.

This is just one example of why TenForums is my GO TO website for Windows and related issues.

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SarahTGO said:

Thank you for the file! Fingers crossed! Yes, I’m not concerned with private file locations, just Windows.

Sarah,

I'm going to go out on a long, thin limb here and guess that you are a systems administrator in an organization. Further, one other employee had a nervous breakdown of sorts (the "episode") or else an epileptic seizure. This person did a combination of file moves and deletes, out of anger or perhaps delusion.

Other people in this organization depend on this data. and you have been tasked with recovering this data. And there is no option for only partial success. As a result, are are under a lot of stress. (I'm not blaming or accusing you, I'm trying to be sympathetic to your plight.) And for some reason there is no backup.

I would suggest that you shouldn't try to solve this problem. or even do all the comparison work by yourself. The people for whom this data is important should pitch in to help. Else. the company should assign other people to help you, especially if you need to go through directory trees one folder at a time.

This is a suggestion based the difficulty of your situation.

x509 said:

I thought that since I'm an old timer,. going back to CP/M and DOS, that I knew all the cmd commands. Wrong! From this thread, I learned about the tree command, and I'm the better for that.

This is just one example of why TenForums is my GO TO website for Windows and related issues.

We all new things about Windows OS maybe you never heard of Where command.

FreeBooter said:

We all new things about Windows OS maybe you never heard of Where command.

Nope. Not until now. But it looks interesting and probably faster than a File Explorer search.

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SarahTGO said:

Hi, no incorrect I’m sorry. It’s my personal computer and it was a friend who caused the issue. And yes, it was a mixture of things is his paranoia (which I didn’t comprehend the magnitude of at the time). Combine that with possibly 8 hours of uninterrupted, unauthorized mess making and it can do a lot of damage.

No longer your friend, I hope.

I had a backup but my ex threw it away because he’s careless and wastes money and can’t understand things like “it’s not about the drive, it’s about what was on it”.

Bad news!