IIRC "deleted" files get flagged as such by the file system and the physical sectors occupied by the files are then marked as available for use by other files. Until those sectors get reused, the files are likely intact assuming no physical damage to the platters. You want to avoid writing to the hard drive as much as possible when you're in recovery mode like this which is why a Linux CD is a reasonable alternative. Using a Linux boot CD to access the file system on the hard drive will allow you to retrieve files & folders without writing to the disk in the process. In this case, it sounds like the file system got scrambled pretty well by the hard reset. Think DBF header corruption versus memo file corruption. The first one is usually pretty easy to recover from; the second usually means that some or all of your data is toast. I know it's hindsight, but I would never skip a chkdsk in the situation you described. Once you let Windows come back up, it started writing to a dis k with a damaged file system.
You may need to contact a professional data recovery service and even then you may not be able to get much back. -- rk -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] - HD Problem & MANY Files Lost... > He tried the Ubuntu first. HE created the CD. He also created a folder > on his PC - put some files into it - the deleted the folder and then > removed it from the Recycle Bin. Straining the memory, when you "delete" something in Windows, it changes the name -- maybe something starting with "__" -- These deleted files are visible with Knoppix. I have recovered them from Windows machines with it. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/df1eef11e586a64fb54a97f22a8bd044190df52...@ackbwddqh1.artfact.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
