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    AAH--My Music!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by themanwiththeblacksax, Jun 7, 2006.

  1. themanwiththeblacksax

    themanwiththeblacksax Notebook Consultant

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    Slight Panic here---

    So I wanted to organize my My Music folder... I opened two instances of the folder, and created new subfolders in the one and copied the music from the second into the new folders i created in the first. the problem: Now I can't access my music. I cannot change any of the attributes, filenames, etc, nor can I play it. any ideas? Thanks
     
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    did you restart after copying. I am just wondering if the explorer shell might have caused an error/semi crashed.

    Moving files shouldn't do any actual moving, it more of an address change. So I am sure your files are there.

    Are you using an NTFS partition?
     
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  3. themanwiththeblacksax

    themanwiththeblacksax Notebook Consultant

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    i think i may have confused explorer.... you know how when you try to open a folder a second time the first one only comes to the front? well.. i opened the second window by right clicking the folder, hitting 'explore' and just xing out the bar along the side. Then i dragged the music from one folder to another. The drive that the music is on doesn't have a partition at all, and finally, yes i have restarted the computer.

    I fear my music is lost in a parallel universe on my computer, with a second dimension of My Music. Good thing i still have all my music on my mp3 player...
     
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    drumfu super modfu

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    i don't understand what you mean by the drive the music is on doesn't have a paritition? if that were the case, you would not be able to copy any data onto it.
     
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    having multiple instances of the same folder and working with them at the same time doesn't affect anything. I do it all the time when I am filing my stuff.

    So no can you see the files at the original source or at the destination?
     
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    themanwiththeblacksax Notebook Consultant

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    its fixed... some creative googling found this thread

    http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-12043.html
    (look for the post by shindouhikaru)
    and it turns out the problem was when i copied the music, the permissions got messed up. So they're now fixed, and i can listen again...

    drumfu, i thought you were asking if the drive was partitioned (i misread). it is in fact ntfs.

    the files were showing up at where i put them, i just couldn't do anything to them because i had somehow lost my permission (who knows how)

    thanks for the help!
     
    themanwiththeblacksax, Jun 7, 2006
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