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Thread ID: 124800	2012-05-20 00:31:00	Corrupted portable hard drive	andy (473)	Press F1

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1276374	2012-05-20 00:31:00	My daughter loaned her USB hard drive (1GB Western Digital) to a mate who tried to play it through his Freeview device. The drive now shows all files and folders in some garbled font eg ñÿ¸Æ££ı:.ùöQ and sÌ▓s|ÚD.┼ı▓ . Nothing is accessible except the only folder still readable named Recorded TV, so I'm picking that the device reformatted the drive, although she says she was able to get media player to still play a couple of the MP3 tracks. Is there any hope of undoing this or is this a lost cause? Any ideas appreciated. Regards andy	andy (473)
1276375	2012-05-20 01:03:00	USB hard drive (1GB Western Digital) I'm assuming you meant more than this, (1TB?). I think some of the Freeview and media boxes use Linux as an operating system, you could try using a live Linux cd, to see if you can recover anything. www.knopper.net If not, this maybe www.easeus.com	feersumendjinn (64)
1276376	2012-05-20 01:13:00	I'm assuming you meant more than this, (1TB?). I think some of the Freeview and media boxes use Linux as an operating system, you could try using a live Linux cd, to see if you can recover anything. www.knopper.net If not, this maybe www.easeus.com Woops, yep 1TB. Thanks, I'll try the Linux idea. Cheers	andy (473)
1276377	2012-05-20 02:19:00	After reading a bit further down the Easeus page, I see it only recovers 1GB of data in the free version, not much help, sorry :crying:rolleyes:	feersumendjinn (64)
1276378	2012-05-20 22:21:00	You might get some data back, but any any corrupt files will be lost. Data recovery software wont help much for actual corruption (still worth a try) .	1101 (13337)
1276379	2012-05-21 21:28:00	Have you given Windows a chance to fix it - as in chkdsk d: /f where d is the volume?	PeeCeeWorldly (15890)
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