Yeah I've dl'ed R-Studio and it's nice that it has the demo version to try
it out but I think I'm even unluckier than I thought b/c I can't find what
looks like my WinXP dir structure among the 23 previous "Recognized"
partitions it's found...I only see the Win7 partition and a bunch of the
original Vista partitionswill probably check out TestDisk to see what it
shows.
And yeah, I didn't build this key this way; it was from IT at work and I
didn't realize it was set to autorun but I guess they usually only use it
when they're rebuilding laptops (and know what they're doing) so it's not a
problem for them; my fault for not figuring it out/asking when I borrowed
it! :P
BINO
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Glazier
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 7:33 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] Need MAJOR help with fubar'ed WinXP install
I used TestDisk when I was having I/O problems in a box that was failing
slowly.
The MB I/O chipset was damaging ONE of the NTFS "things", but I was always
able
to recover the other VERY hidden back-up one. (I am NOT confusing it with
FAT32.)
I was disturbed MS always made a back-up for you, but had no tools to
actually USE
or recover it easily.. (I think they do that a lot. *Sometimes* it is
totallty undocumented
except to them.)
As far as ripping the key out fast? It was running in memory by then.
Ripping out the power plug was the only reasonable option.
FWIW, I NEVER build my "bootable medias" to autorun. (Sorry.)
Rick Glazier
From: "Tim Lider"
> I looked over TestDisk and it looks interesting. Although, I do not know
if
> it will fix the problem.
>
> The problem can be recovered with either GetDataBack NTFS or R-Studio. I
> would suggest trying R-Studio first, it is a much better program IMHO.
