Executive summary: Accidentally tried to sync a large (>5gb) folder with Live Desktop so the sync hung when Live Desktop filled. Maybe because of this, maybe not, I am missing many files on the source computer. I'm new to Mesh, so a user error may underlie
this problem, but I don't know how to proceed.
If there is a post I missed that pertains to this, I apologize: Feel free to send a link my way.
Details: I wanted to set up this large folder to synchronize across my computers, Groove-style, but NOT to be on the Live Desktop. Two computers are involved: My desktop ("Win7") and my Macbook Pro. Synchronization got under way, but there are
two issues. (1) The files were being put on the Live Desktop after all, and (2) the files are deleted from the Win7 source.
Now most of the files in Live Desktop exist in name only. When I try to do something with them, I get the message "The file has not completed uploading to Live Mesh." (Not surprising: Mesh is full.) Some files are present, presumably those that
moved before the quota was exhausted.
Timing is part of the question. I set up the sync some days ago, probably over a week, and the files didn't vanish 'til today. Also, the Mac didn't start syncing 'til today either, but the files disappeared from Win7 before the Mac got going.
Now, on the Mac, a number of files -- and all of the folders -- have appeared . Interestingly, they arrived from Win7, and not from Live Desktop. I say this because some of the files that made it to the Mac never made it to Live Desktop. This tells
me that Live Mesh is finding material on Win7 that I can't see. I assume they're tombstoned somehow on Win7.
What I've tried:
* Checked Win7's recycle bin. The missing folders are there, but not their files.
* Checked the forum and the web generally for problems that look like this one. So far I haven't found anything.
So now I have three questions. The third can wait for now.
1. I would be more than happy to have one intact copy of the original folder structure on either of the two computers. Maybe if I wait long enough I'll get that on the Mac, so for now I'll wait, fingers crossed. If the missing files don't eventually turn
up on my Mac, where can I retrieve them from?
2. What on Earth happened here? I suspect I should have changed the sync settings to prevent files from going to Live Desktop, but I have no idea why the source files were deleted. Are they tombstoned during synchronization for some reason?
Thanks,
Rick
