Some of my files in my documents folder have blue file names rather than in black. I am quite sure this means they are compressed but I have over 100 GB of hard drive memory left. Is there a way I can get these file names back to black?
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you are right, windowsxp is compressing them to save space, you can turn that feature off, look in help, and you can go here to get info on compression and decrompressio within windows\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_oexm.asp
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Hi there...as the other person answered it's your hard drive icon  which was accidentally renamed.  You can rename it again to either the original "Macintosh HD" or anything of your choosing.  Here's how to do this:   select the area with a single click over the question mark and wait for it to highlight and next begin typing and then hit the return/enter key.
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DClick on the Drive letter you put it in. Then under tools , folder options then view and check to show hidden files or folders this should help you out...THanks
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Are Deleted Files Completely Erased?\n\nA common misconception when deleting files is that they are completely removed from the hard drive. However, users should be aware that highly sensitive data can still be retrieved from a hard drive even after the files have been deleted because the data is not really gone. Files that are moved to the recycle bin (on PCs) or the trash can (on Macs) stay in those folders until the user empties the recycle bin or trash can. Once they have been deleted from those folders, they are still located in the hard drive and can be retrieved with the right software.\n\nAny time that a file is deleted from a hard drive, it is not erased. What is erased is the bit of information that points to the location of the file on the hard drive. The operating system uses these pointers to build the directory tree structure (the file allocation table), which consists of the pointers for every other file on the hard drive. When the pointer is erased, the file essentially becomes invisible to the operating system. The file still exists; the operating system just doesn't know how to find it. It is, however, relatively easy to retrieve deleted files with the right software.\n\nThe only way to completely erase a file with no trace is to overwrite the data. The operating system will eventually overwrite files that have no pointers in the directory tree structure, so the longer an unpointed file remains in the hard drive the greater the probability that it has been overwritten. There are also many "file erasing" software products currently on the market that will automatically permanently erase files by overwriting them. \n\nhttp://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2002/Erasing_Deleted_Files.asp\n\n\ndeleting files is not actually a good term to use. When you delete a file for example:\n\nFilename.txt\nthe file name changes so it may look like this:\n12lename.txt\nThe change of the file name hides it from you and leaves it on the computer. Often a disk ustitility can shread this information which means that it is overwritten a bunch of times causeing the file to become harder to recover. \n\nSo say I had a deleted file like \n\nFilename \n\nI would overwrite the file with 00000000 more than one time. \n\nMy example is easier for me to understand... LOL
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You don't want to remove a file simply because it's contiguous, or "all-together".\nRun a defragment utility to reallocate the used space on your hard drive.  That will also rearrange the fragmented files so they will become contiguous.  Instead of being scattered around in bits and pieces across the drive they're now all-together.
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If you do not have MS Office, MS Word, or any other software that uses the '.doc' format, you will not be able to view files of that format.  Most likely, this format will not be available in the drop-down box mentioned above, either.\nAlternatively, you should still be able to save the files as a valid .doc file by typing quotations around the full file name in the 'file name' section of the Save screen.\n\nFor example, if you have a document titled 'example' and you want it saved as a .doc file, but have no other option of saving it as such...in the 'file name' box simply type the following:\n"example.doc"\nwith the quotation marks.\n\nIn order to view the file, however, you will have to have the necessary software installed on your system.  The extension has to be assigned to a valid program such as MS Word or WordPad I believe views .doc files, as well - though some of the advanced formatting available in MSWord will be lost when viewed with WordPad.\n\n***RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL DETAILS***\nDid you try putting the quotation marks around the file name...such as\n"example.doc"\n\nWhen you add the quotations, it will save the file in the format specified regardless of what is in the "save as" box.\n\nAlso, open any folder (such as 'My Documents', for example) and go to Tools - Folder Options.  Click the 'File Types' tab and scroll down the list of file types until you find 'DOC'.  If you find it, down near the bottom where it says 'Opens with...' click 'Change' and browse for the program you prefer.\n\nIf you can't find it, click 'New', and in the top box, type\nDOC\nthen click 'Okay'.  Find DOC in the list, then follow the instructions above to select the appropriate program for it.
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Whenever you are editing a MS Word document, all the changes you do are stored temporarily as "scrap". \nThis scrap file is deleted automatically when you close your document.\nHowever, if Word crashes before you save it, the scrap file remains in your HDD, which is what you presently see.
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here are some 'tips' when dealing with long filenames and their equivalent short filenames:\n\n*most of the time it takes the first 6 characters of the filename (5 if there are a lot of similar files), then a tilde ~, then a number. the number is based on either the order of the file creation or when it was renamed.  \n\n*if there are any spaces near the start of the filename, remove them\n\nwith these two tips in mind, here are some examples of what  ' long filename 1.txt '  could end up as:\nlongfi~1.txt\n   or\nlongfi~5.txt\n   or\nlongf~10.txt\n   or\nlongf~28.txt
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I don't know where the folders came from, but you could try formating the memory stick. This should erase all data on it. what you do is plug it in, then find it under my computer; they're normally named "removable disk *some  letter*". Right click on it, and go down to "format" it'll ask you some stuff; if you really want to erase everything, click yes. this should clean it off.
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=========\ncorruption \n\nIn general, a corrupted compressed file is lost. Compression works by removing redundancy which might have been used to recover most or all of a plain text file that is equally corrupted. Without the extra information, reconstruction is typically not possible.\n\n=========\nmultipart\n\nSome compression programs allow you to specify that the compressed file be no larger than <some size>, so for instance it can fit on a floppy. If the data, compressed, is larger, such compression programs will produce a 2 part or 3 part or 4 part compressed file. All the parts must be produced when decompressing or the file will be treated as corrupted. You'll have to find the missing parts if it's a multipart kind of file. \n\nIt sounds like this may have happened to you. \n\n=========\navoidance\n\nBecause files stored in compressed form are more subject to total loss than the originals, something of which may be partially recoverable, the ideal backup and compression strategy should probably be to compress each file independently of all others. And perhsp back them up separately as well, instead of as a concatenated superfile.\n\nAnd, of course, you should do what many people never do. Test your backup software to make sure it works, on single files, on directories, etc. Make sure it preserves file and directory ownership, permissions, filenames, ... If it works on 10 smapel files of various sizes in two or threee directories, than you can have some faith it will work on real live precious, perhaps irreplacable, data.\n\nAnd the same is true of a compression program. It too should \nsquash and recover files without any change whatsoever. \n\nYou might try the *nixen utility diff to check whether the original and recovered files are identical. It's much more efficient, less error prone, and far less tiring than doing it manually. If you're running Linux (or one of hte BSD vairants, including Mac OS X) you should already have it. If you're running Windows, you can install the Cygwin package (from Red Hat) or the Uwin package (from Bell Labs) to get that and many other *nix type utilities. Both are freely avaialble for download. Try Google for mirror sites.
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You need not to use the PC (if the HD sector where the original document was stored gets overwritten, the data is gone for good). Then find a recovery software (Davory or Recover My Files can do the work) and try to find your files.
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They are compressed files that need to be extracted. \nA good program for that is winrar. \n\nYou could download winrar from here :\nhttp://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-2250_4-10446177.html?tag=lst-0-1
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Take a look through some of these since the filename was cut off in your question!!! Hope this helps!
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Have you emptied your recycle bin? If you haven't, the deleted document will be in there and you can restore it to Word. If you have emptied it, I'm afraid your Word document is gone. It's on the hard drive, but unobtainable without some specialized software.
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mine did that but red. it's something to do with files being on different harddrives i think!!
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you don't have to delete any, just add new ones... Eather down load, or make your own.... there is plenty of room in that file... Hope this helps!
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First, since the files are movable, move them one at a time until you find which is causing you trouble - then delete it.\nSince the files are accessible from other programs, I'd open them and save them in a working folder.\nIf you haven't tried to move things around using the command line (DOS), that might be of some help.