Strange Directory Error

[Erlkönig]

Hi,

a friend of mine had the following problem,

the last time he checked his download-folder (the folder called "filme"on the screenshot) on his second hardisk (160gb hitachi).

All folders and files in there had very strange names suddenly, as it can be seen in the attached screenshot, the size of the directory and the size shown in the folder is also different, should be about 15gb , the explorer says 135gb, and on the the screenshot, you see that he has 188gb, but the harddrive is only 153gb big, actually.

All other folders work perfect, but this special "filme" folder with subfolders is corrupted, he can't edit, place, replace or delete any files inthere,

He, is using win 2000 with the newest updates by the way.

Is there any way to solve this problem, and to rescue the folder.

After a restart, the folder disappeared, and instead there was only a file called

filme with 32kb size, so he has no hope anymore for rescueing his movies

But, do you know any reasons why such errors can appear.

THX, a lot

happy new year,

greetings Erlkönig