Need Data Recovery from HD

- Harry Ohrn -
Are you certain it is jumpered correctly? Some large hard drives have
a
capacity limiter jumper setting so they can be used with older boards.
I do
not know if that is true for your drive but if the jumper is set
incorrectly
that could be one reason why the size is not being properly displayed.

- Nehmo -
After I send this post, I'll physically remove it and put the jumpers
off and then back on to make sure of the contacts. But if Western
Digital's literature is correct, then I have the drive correctly
jumpered as slave - 1&2 connected + 3&4 connected, both jumpers next to
the power connector.

The size of the drive showed up as reduced after I ran CHKDSK /F. While
I was running that, BTW, CHKDSK correctly listed the name of the drive
and it's size. Now I can't even get the name.

Since the drive is now listed as healthy in Computer Management, I
believe if I formatted the drive now, it would be usable at the reduced
size. But that's relatively not important. I want to retrieve the data.


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* Nehmo Sergheyev *
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- Harry Ohrn -
Are you certain it is jumpered correctly? Some large hard drives have
a
capacity limiter jumper setting so they can be used with older boards.
I do
not know if that is true for your drive but if the jumper is set
incorrectly
that could be one reason why the size is not being properly displayed.

- Nehmo -
After I send this post, I'll physically remove it and put the jumpers
off and then back on to make sure of the contacts. But if Western
Digital's literature is correct, then I have the drive correctly
jumpered as slave - 1&2 connected + 3&4 connected, both jumpers next to
the power connector.

The size of the drive showed up as reduced after I ran CHKDSK /F. While
I was running that, BTW, CHKDSK correctly listed the name of the drive
and it's size. Now I can't even get the name.

Since the drive is now listed as healthy in Computer Management, I
believe if I formatted the drive now, it would be usable at the reduced
size. But that's relatively not important. I want to retrieve the data.


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* Nehmo Sergheyev *
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-Crusty "Old B@stard-.
Isn't that what I suggested to you about 25 posts earlier (-:

- Nehmo -
Yes, and (even though "25" is an exaggeration) I thank you for the
directing me. I only have about four hours per day to devote to ALL of
what I need to do on the machine. I didn't get to EasyRecovery until
yesterday.
I still have to read more about what it does. I notice I'm getting some
large Word docs with nothing visible (at least in Word) in them.
I dying to get another drive so I can see what I end up missing.


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* Nehmo Sergheyev *
*********************

For your information, chkdsk certainly DOES exist in Win98, if you use F8
and boot to the command prompt.

So, in addition to having a foul mouth, you are also quite stupid!

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)


"Bill" wrote in message
...

"Harry Ohrn" wrote in message
...
Your "new" motherboard might not be so new. It could be limited to the
size
of hard drive it will recognize. A 32GB limitation is not unusual for some
older boards. What is the brand and model number of your motherboard?

BTW you mentioned that you ran CHKDSK from "DOS". Is the drive formatted
as
FAT32?

You dumb ¢ünt! How in the world can one get into DOS when there is none in
XP. Even if he had the partition formatted in FAT32, and used a 98/ME
bootdisk to get there (which I am giving you the benefit that you got this
basic element correct), there is no CHKDSK command line in it. How in the
fü¢k you got the MVP status is beyond me!

To add: Some Master drives have jumper settings: Master drive with no other drive, and
Master device on cable with other IDE devices. So it's not just the Slave drive jumpers
that you have to be concerned with.
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"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message
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- Harry Ohrn -
Are you certain it is jumpered correctly? Some large hard drives have
a
capacity limiter jumper setting so they can be used with older boards.
I do
not know if that is true for your drive but if the jumper is set
incorrectly
that could be one reason why the size is not being properly displayed.

- Nehmo -
After I send this post, I'll physically remove it and put the jumpers
off and then back on to make sure of the contacts. But if Western
Digital's literature is correct, then I have the drive correctly
jumpered as slave - 1&2 connected + 3&4 connected, both jumpers next to
the power connector.

The size of the drive showed up as reduced after I ran CHKDSK /F. While
I was running that, BTW, CHKDSK correctly listed the name of the drive
and it's size. Now I can't even get the name.

Since the drive is now listed as healthy in Computer Management, I
believe if I formatted the drive now, it would be usable at the reduced
size. But that's relatively not important. I want to retrieve the data.


--
*********************
* Nehmo Sergheyev *
*********************




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Data recovery software is free. Try findntfs from www.partitionsupport.com

"Harry Ohrn" wrote in message
...
You will need decent recovery software. Some of it can be quite expensive.
One of the best tools I've used is Disk Commander from Winternals

http://www.winternals.com/products/r...pid=ap#diskcom
however it is definitely in the higher end price range.

For your information, chkdsk certainly DOES exist in Win98, if you use F8
and boot to the command prompt.

So, in addition to having a foul mouth, you are also quite stupid!

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)


"Bill" wrote in message
...

"Harry Ohrn" wrote in message
...
Your "new" motherboard might not be so new. It could be limited to the
size
of hard drive it will recognize. A 32GB limitation is not unusual for some
older boards. What is the brand and model number of your motherboard?

BTW you mentioned that you ran CHKDSK from "DOS". Is the drive formatted
as
FAT32?

You dumb ¢ünt! How in the world can one get into DOS when there is none in
XP. Even if he had the partition formatted in FAT32, and used a 98/ME
bootdisk to get there (which I am giving you the benefit that you got this
basic element correct), there is no CHKDSK command line in it. How in the
fü¢k you got the MVP status is beyond me!

To add: Some Master drives have jumper settings: Master drive with no other drive, and
Master device on cable with other IDE devices. So it's not just the Slave drive jumpers
that you have to be concerned with.
--

T.C.

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"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message
...
- Harry Ohrn -
Are you certain it is jumpered correctly? Some large hard drives have
a
capacity limiter jumper setting so they can be used with older boards.
I do
not know if that is true for your drive but if the jumper is set
incorrectly
that could be one reason why the size is not being properly displayed.

- Nehmo -
After I send this post, I'll physically remove it and put the jumpers
off and then back on to make sure of the contacts. But if Western
Digital's literature is correct, then I have the drive correctly
jumpered as slave - 1&2 connected + 3&4 connected, both jumpers next to
the power connector.

The size of the drive showed up as reduced after I ran CHKDSK /F. While
I was running that, BTW, CHKDSK correctly listed the name of the drive
and it's size. Now I can't even get the name.

Since the drive is now listed as healthy in Computer Management, I
believe if I formatted the drive now, it would be usable at the reduced
size. But that's relatively not important. I want to retrieve the data.


--
*********************
* Nehmo Sergheyev *
*********************




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Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
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-Crusty "Old B@stard-.
Isn't that what I suggested to you about 25 posts earlier (-:

- Nehmo -
Yes, and (even though "25" is an exaggeration) I thank you for the
directing me. I only have about four hours per day to devote to ALL of
what I need to do on the machine. I didn't get to EasyRecovery until
yesterday.
I still have to read more about what it does. I notice I'm getting some
large Word docs with nothing visible (at least in Word) in them.
I dying to get another drive so I can see what I end up missing.


--
*********************
* Nehmo Sergheyev *
*********************

Data recovery software is free. Try findntfs from www.partitionsupport.com

"Harry Ohrn" wrote in message
...
You will need decent recovery software. Some of it can be quite expensive.
One of the best tools I've used is Disk Commander from Winternals

http://www.winternals.com/products/r...pid=ap#diskcom
however it is definitely in the higher end price range.

-Crusty "Old B@stard-.
Isn't that what I suggested to you about 25 posts earlier (-:

- Nehmo -
Yes, and (even though "25" is an exaggeration) I thank you for the
directing me. I only have about four hours per day to devote to ALL of
what I need to do on the machine. I didn't get to EasyRecovery until
yesterday.
I still have to read more about what it does. I notice I'm getting some
large Word docs with nothing visible (at least in Word) in them.
I dying to get another drive so I can see what I end up missing.


--
*********************
* Nehmo Sergheyev *
*********************

- Harry Ohrn -
Are you certain it is jumpered correctly? Some large hard drives have
a
capacity limiter jumper setting so they can be used with older boards.
I do
not know if that is true for your drive but if the jumper is set
incorrectly
that could be one reason why the size is not being properly displayed.

- Nehmo -
After I send this post, I'll physically remove it and put the jumpers
off and then back on to make sure of the contacts. But if Western
Digital's literature is correct, then I have the drive correctly
jumpered as slave - 1&2 connected + 3&4 connected, both jumpers next to
the power connector.

The size of the drive showed up as reduced after I ran CHKDSK /F. While
I was running that, BTW, CHKDSK correctly listed the name of the drive
and it's size. Now I can't even get the name.

Since the drive is now listed as healthy in Computer Management, I
believe if I formatted the drive now, it would be usable at the reduced
size. But that's relatively not important. I want to retrieve the data.


--
*********************
* Nehmo Sergheyev *
*********************

- Harry Ohrn -
Are you certain it is jumpered correctly? Some large hard drives have
a
capacity limiter jumper setting so they can be used with older boards.
I do
not know if that is true for your drive but if the jumper is set
incorrectly
that could be one reason why the size is not being properly displayed.

- Nehmo -
After I send this post, I'll physically remove it and put the jumpers
off and then back on to make sure of the contacts. But if Western
Digital's literature is correct, then I have the drive correctly
jumpered as slave - 1&2 connected + 3&4 connected, both jumpers next to
the power connector.

The size of the drive showed up as reduced after I ran CHKDSK /F. While
I was running that, BTW, CHKDSK correctly listed the name of the drive
and it's size. Now I can't even get the name.

Since the drive is now listed as healthy in Computer Management, I
believe if I formatted the drive now, it would be usable at the reduced
size. But that's relatively not important. I want to retrieve the data.


--
*********************
* Nehmo Sergheyev *
*********************

- Harry Ohrn -
Are you certain it is jumpered correctly? Some large hard drives have
a
capacity limiter jumper setting so they can be used with older boards.
I do
not know if that is true for your drive but if the jumper is set
incorrectly
that could be one reason why the size is not being properly displayed.

- Nehmo -
After I send this post, I'll physically remove it and put the jumpers
off and then back on to make sure of the contacts. But if Western
Digital's literature is correct, then I have the drive correctly
jumpered as slave - 1&2 connected + 3&4 connected, both jumpers next to
the power connector.

The size of the drive showed up as reduced after I ran CHKDSK /F. While
I was running that, BTW, CHKDSK correctly listed the name of the drive
and it's size. Now I can't even get the name.

Since the drive is now listed as healthy in Computer Management, I
believe if I formatted the drive now, it would be usable at the reduced
size. But that's relatively not important. I want to retrieve the data.


--
*********************
* Nehmo Sergheyev *
*********************

Didn't PC Tools have DiskFix utility? Anyway, Symantec bought 'em both
Norton and Central Point sigh