I lost 3 notebooks in resetting 'my documents' location.

[Roy]

I moved my the location of my documents from the default on C to a separate
physical disk, D. This followed reinstallation of W XP due to a drive
failure on C. D had been the default location in the prior configuration.

I reloaded the OS and several programs, including office (including OneNote)
I made some notebooks, and then realized I needed to use the my documents on
D.

When I went through the procedure, the direct 'my documents' to the files on
D, the 3 notebooks I had set up and used were no longer available in OneNote.
The MyDocuments that had been on C disappeared, and apparently all the files
with it.

Are my OneNote notebooks now permanently gone or have then been hidden
somewhere else? I looked in the trash, but didn't see them.
One other detail: I made a new note book and saw in the 'save' step that
OneNote was putting the file onto D, into a OneNote folder. That folder is
not visible in Windows Explorer. Is it a hidden file? Where is it really?

If there's a technical note on OneNote file handling, I'd be glad to be
pointed in its direction.

Thanks

 

[Bernd]

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> I moved my the location of my documents from the default on C to a separate
> physical disk, D. This followed reinstallation of W XP due to a drive
> failure on C. D had been the default location in the prior configuration.
>
> I reloaded the OS and several programs, including office (including OneNote)
> I made some notebooks, and then realized I needed to use the my documents on
> D.
>
> When I went through the procedure, the direct 'my documents' to the files on
> D, the 3 notebooks I had set up and used were no longer available in OneNote.
> The MyDocuments that had been on C disappeared, and apparently all the files
> with it.
>
> Are my OneNote notebooks now permanently gone or have then been hidden
> somewhere else? I looked in the trash, but didn't see them.

They should still be located in
CDocuments and Settings\<your username>\My Documents\OneNote Notebooks
as one folder per notebook with the name of the notebook.

> One other detail: I made a new note book and saw in the 'save' step that
> OneNote was putting the file onto D, into a OneNote folder. That folder is
> not visible in Windows Explorer. Is it a hidden file? Where is it really?
>

They should be located in "My Documents"\OneNote Notebooks
as one folder per notebook with the name of the notebook.


Bernd