Shared Documents Folder Gone

I just set up my Mac OS 10.3.9 to file share with Windows XP and have been successfully sharing for a few days. Today I went in to send some documents and my Shared Documents folder was gone...only an alias remained. What happened? And how do I set up a folder again? Thank you

Hi, you should be able to create a folder, say at Root of the Partition, then set Rights in Get Info window for both to read & Write.

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1. See my "Data Recovery" FAQ for comprehensive advice that may help you with this problem.
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