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PC problems (need the pro's)
shardian:
Popped old IBM 5 gb HD into home pc and installed tiny xp no problem. I now have the "dead" home HD Installed on the secondary IDE, and I have full access to it. Working on getting everything together and burning a backup disc.
shardian:
Uh Oh. For some reason, the "My Pictures" folder is...well...gone. :cry: I have looked over the whole mother ---smurfing--- disc, and the only thing missing is the only thing I truly needed. How could that whole folder be gone?!? Under recent documents, there are multiple links to former folders under my pictures, but they all show as no longer valid. I am really starting to HATE computers.
Anyone know of a good data recovery software?
ChadTower:
Use the manufacturer's diagnostic tools. They'll come in an ISO you burn to a boot CD.
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 31, 2008, 07:58:09 am ---
Use the manufacturer's diagnostic tools. They'll come in an ISO you burn to a boot CD.
--- End quote ---
The Maxtor tools didn't work.
Anyways, I "acquired" some data recovery software last night. I did a deep scan for any and all picture files, and it appears it found alot of the pics from an initial inspection I did before work this morning. It renames everything though, so I have to wade thru thousands of thumbnails to dig out the good stuff. I did notice more than a few corrupt files that are gone unfortunately.
I backed everything up to the 5 gb drive I put in the pc, and I am not shutting the pc down until I pull all of that backup off tonight.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shardian on January 31, 2008, 09:39:36 am ---The Maxtor tools didn't work.
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The Maxtor tools suck. Did you use the old ones that Maxtor used to include with their drives or the ones that are currently available from Seagate (Seagate owns Maxtor now)? The Seagate tools are much better - I just used them a couple of weeks ago on a 300G and an 80G drive. Both were dead - it brought one of them back.
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