Might seem obvious, but have you already run CHKDSK on the disk? If that doesn't help, I'm a big fan of SpinRite. Bought it years ago and I use it all the time to recover drives and do maintenance.
Chris On Tuesday, July 17, 2012, Toth, Csaba wrote: > Some tips: > 1.) Before you go any further: do a dd copy of the whole disk, so you can > revert to an earlier state when you try out programs. > > 2.) If it's a disk: get it out from the USB case and stick it into a > computer to a SATA/PATA controller, so you can use sector level manipulator > programs. > > Csaba > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] <javascript:;> [ > [email protected] <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Jack Coats [ > [email protected] <javascript:;>] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 10:48 PM > To: NLUG > Subject: [nlug] Need WINDERS help ... binary editor for NTFS directory > structure? > > ... > > My most valuable client (wife) has a problem (other than me). She has > a disk that has LOTS of data on it, mainly pictures, many are not > replaceable. > > We go to a the drive and can go to g:\My Documents\My Pictures\ > and if we know the directory name, we can "cd" directly to a sub > directory and files are there. But we don't know all the directory > names there. > > When we do a 'dir' (ls for those that forgot their DOS commands :) it > lists many directories, then it says there is a 'directory error', and > no additional directories are listed. I am sure they are still there. > > What I want to do is to use some kind of disk editor to get in and > edit the directory entry (it might be a group of entries from a > spurious wright.). > > I think that there may have been a spurious write, but not sure. But > for sure there is some 'minor' problem in the directory structure. > > I have tried several 'recover deleted files' programs, but not > everything came back. I found some computer forensics software that > should let me edit the drive, but it looks like it can't get sector > level access since it is obfuscated behind a USB structure. > > I could be a big hero to my honey if I can get back even most of the > 'lost' pictures. > > Let the brain trust suggestions flow! (Yes, backups. ... I have > already flogged myself more than is healthy over that, now on to > solving the problem at hand.) > > Back in CP/M days I could do this with several programs, but times > have changed. ... Help is needed! > > ><> ... Jack > Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 > "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." — > Admiral Grace Hopper, USN > "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" > - Henry J. Tillman > "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - > Albert Einstein > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:;> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:;> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:;> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:;> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
