restarted comp, all files on my usb flash lost!!! need help pls!!
here's the prob: i restarted my comp (win xp pro) wif my 128mb flash disk still plugged in. . . windows went into sum load up screen that said: Checking file system on F: The type of the file system is FAT32.
here's the prob:
i restarted my comp (win xp pro) wif my 128mb flash disk still plugged in...
windows went into sum load up screen that said:
Checking file system on F:
The type of the file system is FAT32.
An unspecified error occurred.
One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You
may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended
that you continue.
Windows will now check the disk.
Volume Serial Number is B872-0C00
The \ entry contains a nonvalid link.
\. Invalid time stamp.
\. first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\. Invalid time stamp.
\. first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
etc etc etc...
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 8931 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 8932 corrected.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8933. Orphan truncated.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8934. Orphan truncated.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8935. Orphan truncated.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8936. Orphan truncated.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8937. Orphan truncated.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8938. Orphan truncated.
Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)? Yes
(the bottom of the file)
(this was taken from the bootex.log file that it left on my usb flash)
i thought that it was checking my hdd so i let it run and it had said it was 'strongly recommended'...
next thing i know, i opened my usb drive and all my files are gone except for a hidden 'found.000' folder and a bootex.log file (which were not there b4).... inside the folder 'found.000', there are files named 'file0000.chk' all the way to 'file9999.chk'...
i've also checked the 'properties' of the disk... the folder and bootex.log file together are ~12mb. however, under 'properties' it says that there is ~46mb used, and ~77mb free.... im thinkin the files r still there... i hope.. does any1 know how i could try to get my files back???? i really need help! the files on the disk r really important!!
i restarted my comp (win xp pro) wif my 128mb flash disk still plugged in...
windows went into sum load up screen that said:
Checking file system on F:
The type of the file system is FAT32.
An unspecified error occurred.
One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You
may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended
that you continue.
Windows will now check the disk.
Volume Serial Number is B872-0C00
The \ entry contains a nonvalid link.
\. Invalid time stamp.
\. first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
\. Invalid time stamp.
\. first allocation unit is not valid. The entry will be truncated.
etc etc etc...
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 8931 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 8932 corrected.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8933. Orphan truncated.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8934. Orphan truncated.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8935. Orphan truncated.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8936. Orphan truncated.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8937. Orphan truncated.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 8938. Orphan truncated.
Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)? Yes
(the bottom of the file)
(this was taken from the bootex.log file that it left on my usb flash)
i thought that it was checking my hdd so i let it run and it had said it was 'strongly recommended'...
next thing i know, i opened my usb drive and all my files are gone except for a hidden 'found.000' folder and a bootex.log file (which were not there b4).... inside the folder 'found.000', there are files named 'file0000.chk' all the way to 'file9999.chk'...
i've also checked the 'properties' of the disk... the folder and bootex.log file together are ~12mb. however, under 'properties' it says that there is ~46mb used, and ~77mb free.... im thinkin the files r still there... i hope.. does any1 know how i could try to get my files back???? i really need help! the files on the disk r really important!!
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Your files are still there but it'll take weeks to discover which bits of files belong to which. It seems the FAT filesystem on USB was corrupted and lost the file index, hence the load of found.xxx files which contains pieces of the files.
If the files were that important you would have a backup of them? You DO do backups????
If the files were that important you would have a backup of them? You DO do backups????
Hello,
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[censored] DataRecoveryWizard utility can help. Speaking about me, it was
easily able to restore deleted, lost file and unformat drive,
so I think you will also find it quite useful. Really recommended
tool, give it a try.
http://www.[censored].com/
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Greetings,
If the files are gone there is still a possibility to restore them with data recovery tool. Among them I can pose out Active@ Undelete. This is a powerful tool that never failed me before and was always able to restore erased files, also never corrupting them. Try it out, that should really help.
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If the files are gone there is still a possibility to restore them with data recovery tool. Among them I can pose out Active@ Undelete. This is a powerful tool that never failed me before and was always able to restore erased files, also never corrupting them. Try it out, that should really help.
http://www.active-undelete.com/
