WIN XP, FAT32 problem; folders have been converted into files by Scan Disk

Hello all!

I've upgraded my PC from a Sempron to Pentium D, so I had to I re-install Win XP Pro.
While I was not looking at the monitor Speed Disk started doing its stuff with my
D drive (i have two partitions on my HDD: C: 42 GB and D: 107 GB).
When I paid attention to the screen I saw it transfrom my folders into files.
I quickly interrupted it by turning the computer off. So now I have several files,
32768 bytes each that have the same names as my folders had before.

I've tried several programs that recover data from hard driversm but none of them
let me transform these files back into directories.
The amount of free space on my HDD has not change so I believe the lost data is
still stored somewhere on it. I remember back in the day you could fix that manually
with the program Norton Disk Editor, if I am not mistaken.

I use FAT32 on both partitions. I did not notice any major changes on the C drive.

I would really appreciate if someone shared their knowledge on this problem.

 

You sure it wasn't converting your disk to NTFS?
When you rebooted, did it give you any errors, reports... anything?
I would really like to know what is going on here myself. Never seen this problem before.

 

I meant Scan Disk (this is the name of the Win traditional application that it starts if the system was shut down improperly, correct?).
I clearly remember how I chose the option not to change anything, leave FAT32 as it is. So I am pretty sure it wasn't converting the partition into NTFS.

Does anyone know how to find the logs to investigate the situation?
What is the name of scan disk's log file?

Thanks.

 

all changes should be viewable in event viewer.
I really doubt you'd find anything useful there about this problem, tho...
What is the file extension of the converted files?