...so, to continue where I left off in the last reply. But, first - thanks Richard for your feedback as well.
I actually did try the Ubuntu bootable CD approach. But, after booting with it - I didn't really see anything to help me with the problem. I would look at my C: drive - but, still it showed my Folder (Tools) as missing! And, luckily for me - I do NOT have to go to an expensive Service - as they would not have paid for it here! My QA Tech buddy - he gave me this CD he called "Hiren's BootCD". And, its essentially a bootable Live CD with a "Mini XP" as it says on the CD when I boot it. Needless to say - I don't suggest others use this route (as you can get this CD - or the ISO - readily available on the web). Its obviously cracked SW - since you should not just distribute around a CD with a Mini version of XP. In the end - there was a bunch of tools on the CD - including the Recuvo - that Andrew suggested. I ran one of the utils - and it didn't do Squat. However, I ran another one - which when I ran it - claimed it Needed a license - and that you should NOT run it without a license (gosh - what a joke THAT is - since it let me run it ANYWAY). And, it was this 2nd Util that did the job. I got ALL of my files and the Folder back! So - end of a bad situation that ended on a GOOD note! Thank you ALL! -K- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Kaye Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:38 PM 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/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a1409df1...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** 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.
