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Folders appear as uknown files
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Name: starmadness
Date: August 8, 2008 at 11:00:20 Pacific
Subject: Folders appear as uknown filesOS: Windows XP Professional -CPU/Ram: Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.8GHz/2 |
Comment: Hi guys, My problem is simple. I have an external Hard Disk with many folders. Suddenly, some of these folders appeared as files with unknown files icon, I can't access them, I can't see what's inside of they, their size is 32KB, yet, the hard disk shows that the free space is the same as when the folders were there. I did try to recover the files using EASEUS data recovery and I can see the files and I can recover them, but most are not working. I hope that you help me. I made sure that I didn't use the hard disk, I did not add, copy or delete anything from it, I did not defrag or do any operation that would add a single bit that was not originally there. I appreciate all your help. Please reply fast ------------------My best regards, starMADNESS
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Response Number 1
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Name: wanderer
Date: August 8, 2008 at 11:21:22 Pacific
Subject: Folders appear as uknown files |
Reply: (edit)Hopefully you have backups of these files. Sounds like disk corruption which means you need to run chkdsk /r on the drive. This will correct the corrupted file system but you may loose access to some files/folders damaged by this corruption that is now fixed by check disk. This is why I asked if you have backups of these files. Imagine the power of knowing how to internet search
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Teachin...
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Response Number 2
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Name: starmadness
Date: August 8, 2008 at 11:40:58 Pacific
Subject: Folders appear as uknown files |
Reply: (edit)Hi Wanderer, I don't have any backups as this is a work hard disk and I had it for 1 week only. I feel so horrible I don't have the backup. Please let me know, in case I run the chkdsk /r on the external hard disk, will that eliminate all possibility to recover files? what are the chances I still can recover them? everything seems exactly like it was, folder names, used hard disk space, free space, but the folders look like unknown files. I'd really appreciate your help. ------------------My best regards, starMADNESS
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Response Number 4
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Name: starmadness
Date: August 8, 2008 at 13:49:38 Pacific
Subject: Folders appear as uknown files |
Reply: (edit)Hi Again, It shows the same in another computer, folders with unknown files icon. Can you please tell me if chkdsk will help without damaging the situation? ------------------My best regards, starMADNESS
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Response Number 5
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Name: aegis
Date: August 8, 2008 at 14:49:08 Pacific
Subject: Folders appear as uknown files |
Reply: (edit)"Can you please tell me if chkdsk will help without damaging the situation?" We can't tell you that. It 'could' make things worse (if that's possible). A File Recovery program is your best shot, although it may be a waste of time, since the one you tried failed.
Here are a couple more that you could try: PC Inspector (freeware)
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pcinsp... Zero assumption Recovery
http://www.z-a-recovery.com
The demo is limited
It will only recover 'up to' four folders per run
But you can make multiple runs.
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