Need Data Recovery from HD

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

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

Hello,

Try ZAR! http://z-a-recovery.com
It not have the problem with the names of restored files.

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Best regards, Nikolay
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EasyRecovery Professional Edition from Ontrack http://www.ontrack.com/
did indeed extract files from my victim HD. It found about 10,000 files
of different types, and it categorized them by type and displayed each
file's size. In other words, after examining the victim drive, ER
displayed that it had found so many .docs, so many .gifs, and so on. The
original file names are gone, but ER applied its own number-name to each
file (FIL211, FIL212, FIL213, and so on), and it also provided size info
for each file. ER didn't provide creation dates or anything else.

So now, since I only have 2 GB of free space on the 15 GB HD that I'm
using, I still need a new good HD to store my extracted files. Then I
need to figure out what they are and organize them. I may be able to
find my critical Word docs soon because I can estimate their size and
look for that.

At this point, I don't know if I'll be able to recover everything, and
it's going to take some time figuring out what's what.

It was a mistake to run CHKDSK when I did.

Since I had successfully repair-installed WinXP on the 15 GB HD*, I
assumed I could go through the same process on the 80 GB HD, and that's
what I was trying to do. I should have first hooked up the 80 as a slave
to the working 15 and checked if I could read the 80. Then if I could
read, I should have backed up the critical files. If I couldn't, I
should have attempted recovery from that point.

*This was actually a precaution to _avoid_ losing the data on the 80. I
wanted to first see if I could install WinXP on a disk that had
expendable data. My plan was, once I was successful at that and familiar
with the process, I was going to deal with the 80 the same way.

Hello,

Try ZAR! http://z-a-recovery.com
It not have the problem with the names of restored files.

--
Best regards, Nikolay
http://flashdeli.com - Comfortable winpopup replacer for your LAN

EasyRecovery Professional Edition from Ontrack http://www.ontrack.com/
did indeed extract files from my victim HD. It found about 10,000 files
of different types, and it categorized them by type and displayed each
file's size. In other words, after examining the victim drive, ER
displayed that it had found so many .docs, so many .gifs, and so on. The
original file names are gone, but ER applied its own number-name to each
file (FIL211, FIL212, FIL213, and so on), and it also provided size info
for each file. ER didn't provide creation dates or anything else.

So now, since I only have 2 GB of free space on the 15 GB HD that I'm
using, I still need a new good HD to store my extracted files. Then I
need to figure out what they are and organize them. I may be able to
find my critical Word docs soon because I can estimate their size and
look for that.

At this point, I don't know if I'll be able to recover everything, and
it's going to take some time figuring out what's what.

It was a mistake to run CHKDSK when I did.

Since I had successfully repair-installed WinXP on the 15 GB HD*, I
assumed I could go through the same process on the 80 GB HD, and that's
what I was trying to do. I should have first hooked up the 80 as a slave
to the working 15 and checked if I could read the 80. Then if I could
read, I should have backed up the critical files. If I couldn't, I
should have attempted recovery from that point.

*This was actually a precaution to _avoid_ losing the data on the 80. I
wanted to first see if I could install WinXP on a disk that had
expendable data. My plan was, once I was successful at that and familiar
with the process, I was going to deal with the 80 the same way.

- Nikolay-
Try ZAR! http://z-a-recovery.com
It not have the problem with the names of restored files.

- Nehmo -
It stalls on
"Analyzing, stage 2 of 4
Determining Volume Parameters".
The execution progress never gets beyond 0%.

Maybe I'm not doing something right. I'll have to read up on it.


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

- jazz -
If you have a network with another computer that has availible
storage, you
should be able to transfer the stuff to it across the network. This
might
negate the need to buy another drive if money is tight for
you.(especially
after buying the recovery software). -Good luck with it.

- Nehmo -
The only network I *have* is the internet.

Early next week I can afford a new HD. I'm thinking about this Samsung
160 GB at US$110
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...ct_id=16 8101

If I can't get my WD 80 GB going again, it's covered under warranty. I
bought it at CompUSA in March 2004. I'm not sure if I can exchange it at
the store or if I have to send it away. Every time I call the Overland
Park, KS store, they put me on hold and forget about me.

In the meantime, I think I'm going to be able to try Easy Recovery for
the Word docs.
http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoveryprofessional/

The Word docs are the most important unavailable files. I do home
repairs, and I'm in the middle of a large repair & stain job. All the
records, money transactions, progress pics, activity reports, receipt
images, etc are on the unavailable drive. It's hard for me to ask the
customer for interim money if I can't report what's we've done.

I'm trying to reconstruct everything as best I can, but it's taking a
lot of time I don't have.

(And don't anybody give me a lecture about backing things up. You'd be
too late!)

:-)


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

In article ,
Nehmo Sergheyev wrote:
- jazz -
If you have a network with another computer that has availible
storage, you
should be able to transfer the stuff to it across the network. This
might
negate the need to buy another drive if money is tight for
you.(especially
after buying the recovery software). -Good luck with it.

- Nehmo -
The only network I *have* is the internet.

Early next week I can afford a new HD. I'm thinking about this Samsung
160 GB at US$110
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...ct_id=16 8101

If I can't get my WD 80 GB going again, it's covered under warranty. I
bought it at CompUSA in March 2004. I'm not sure if I can exchange it at
the store or if I have to send it away. Every time I call the Overland
Park, KS store, they put me on hold and forget about me.

In the meantime, I think I'm going to be able to try Easy Recovery for
the Word docs.
http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoveryprofessional/

The Word docs are the most important unavailable files. I do home
repairs, and I'm in the middle of a large repair & stain job. All the
records, money transactions, progress pics, activity reports, receipt
images, etc are on the unavailable drive. It's hard for me to ask the
customer for interim money if I can't report what's we've done.

I'm trying to reconstruct everything as best I can, but it's taking a
lot of time I don't have.

(And don't anybody give me a lecture about backing things up. You'd be
too late!)



You exchange WD disks by going tothe web site www.wdc.com. Find the
right section, give your serial # and it will tell you if it's still
on warranty and give you a return authorization.




--
Al Dykes
-----------
adykes at p a n i x . c o m

WD is a very reputable company. You should have no trouble getting a replacement. Their
drives haven't given me or my clients any problems. They also have some good utilities
for diagnostics and copy drive to drive. You can get a 160 GB WD for $107 at:

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/def...spx?EDC=456153

Beware of Maxtor. According to the many posts here, Maxtor drives seem to have a higher
than average failure rate.

T.C.

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"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message
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- jazz -
If you have a network with another computer that has availible
storage, you
should be able to transfer the stuff to it across the network. This
might
negate the need to buy another drive if money is tight for
you.(especially
after buying the recovery software). -Good luck with it.

- Nehmo -
The only network I *have* is the internet.

Early next week I can afford a new HD. I'm thinking about this Samsung
160 GB at US$110
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...ct_id=16 8101

If I can't get my WD 80 GB going again, it's covered under warranty. I
bought it at CompUSA in March 2004. I'm not sure if I can exchange it at
the store or if I have to send it away. Every time I call the Overland
Park, KS store, they put me on hold and forget about me.

In the meantime, I think I'm going to be able to try Easy Recovery for
the Word docs.
http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoveryprofessional/

The Word docs are the most important unavailable files. I do home
repairs, and I'm in the middle of a large repair & stain job. All the
records, money transactions, progress pics, activity reports, receipt
images, etc are on the unavailable drive. It's hard for me to ask the
customer for interim money if I can't report what's we've done.

I'm trying to reconstruct everything as best I can, but it's taking a
lot of time I don't have.

(And don't anybody give me a lecture about backing things up. You'd be
too late!)

:-)


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




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It's just a lazy talk after Bill's crying. It's summer...

- jazz -
http://www.data-recovery-software.net/
http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoveryprofessional/
are a couple of links to some poular recover software options. I
have used
both and found the ontrac offering a little easier to use for ther
novice
but the rstudios seems to be a little more powerfull with the ability
to
recover from other partition format types like ext2 and 3 and
reiserFS.

- Nehmo -
EasyRecovery Professional Edition from Ontrack http://www.ontrack.com/
did indeed extract files from my victim HD. It found about 10,000 files
of different types, and it categorized them by type and displayed each
file's size. In other words, after examining the victim drive, ER
displayed that it had found so many .docs, so many .gifs, and so on. The
original file names are gone, but ER applied its own number-name to each
file (FIL211, FIL212, FIL213, and so on), and it also provided size info
for each file. ER didn't provide creation dates or anything else.

So now, since I only have 2 GB of free space on the 15 GB HD that I'm
using, I still need a new good HD to store my extracted files. Then I
need to figure out what they are and organize them. I may be able to
find my critical Word docs soon because I can estimate their size and
look for that.

At this point, I don't know if I'll be able to recover everything, and
it's going to take some time figuring out what's what.

It was a mistake to run CHKDSK when I did.

Since I had successfully repair-installed WinXP on the 15 GB HD*, I
assumed I could go through the same process on the 80 GB HD, and that's
what I was trying to do. I should have first hooked up the 80 as a slave
to the working 15 and checked if I could read the 80. Then if I could
read, I should have backed up the critical files. If I couldn't, I
should have attempted recovery from that point.

*This was actually a precaution to _avoid_ losing the data on the 80. I
wanted to first see if I could install WinXP on a disk that had
expendable data. My plan was, once I was successful at that and familiar
with the process, I was going to deal with the 80 the same way.


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

"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message
- Nikolay-
Try ZAR! http://z-a-recovery.com
It not have the problem with the names of restored files.

- Nehmo -
It stalls on
"Analyzing, stage 2 of 4
Determining Volume Parameters".
The execution progress never gets beyond 0%.

Maybe I'm not doing something right.

Then it either is not foolproof or it is trash.

I'll have to read up on it.

"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message
- Nikolay-
Try ZAR! http://z-a-recovery.com
It not have the problem with the names of restored files.

- Nehmo -
It stalls on
"Analyzing, stage 2 of 4
Determining Volume Parameters".
The execution progress never gets beyond 0%.

Maybe I'm not doing something right.

Then it either is not foolproof or it is trash.

I'll have to read up on it.

"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message
- Nikolay-
Try ZAR! http://z-a-recovery.com
It not have the problem with the names of restored files.

- Nehmo -
It stalls on
"Analyzing, stage 2 of 4
Determining Volume Parameters".
The execution progress never gets beyond 0%.

Maybe I'm not doing something right.

Then it either is not foolproof or it is trash.

I'll have to read up on it.

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

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