They are not in a folder, they are in the C drive itself.
They may be hidden, you will have to go to folder options (control panel) and then to the view tab
and check the "show hidden files" option. They will have names like ABC00001.chk. You will need
to open them with Notepad, but don't expect much.

"Ben_Radiophonic" <BenRadiophonic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| where can i find these temp files. which folder(s)?
|
| "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
|
| > Sorry Ben, no one likes bad news but your hard drive is showing all the
| > classic signs of failure.
| > Chkdsk makes temp files of fragments in the drive root folder, if that does
| > any good. It's where the extra space went.
| >
| > --
| > click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface.
| > http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm see ''rate a post''
| > Mark L. Ferguson
| >
| > "Ben_Radiophonic" <Ben_Radiophonic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
| > message news:0CAA2141-5ED6-4C9F-9A20-98693CB31FDD@microsoft.com...
| > > Hi,
| > > I was unable to acess my computer, even through safe mode.
| > > I ran the CHKDSK -R from the original XP installation CD
| > > When that had finished, I went to My Documents and all the files in there
| > > were gone. Also the only Hard Drive had lost 120GB space with all the
| > > files
| > > remaining the same. I really need my work back.
| > > I'm trying Recover My Files but it seems hopeless at the moment
| > >
| > > Any help appriciated,
| > > Ben
| >