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| Thread ID: 89071 | 2008-04-20 01:00:00 | MFT problems, lost files, help please. | Kryptos (2831) | Press F1 |
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| 660467 | 2008-04-20 01:00:00 | Ok so I was bored and decided to defrag my pagefile and MFT during a reboot. It finished it and then said please wait (for ages), I thought it had crashed so I hit reset. Bad idea. Cant boot from HDD now, tried windows Vista repair DVD, that helped on one corrupt file but thats it. Now ive plugged my HDD into another Vista computer and i can see the HDD but pretty much all my files are gone apart from a few system files etc. I used recovery program and now can see most of my "lost" files. I think the MFT is pooed out and cannot see these "lost" files. Is there anyway to fix the MFT? I dont really wanna find all my files and move them to another drive cos I've got heaps of setting the way I like it. I know its Sunday but if anyone knows about this stuff it would be much appreciated. |
Kryptos (2831) | ||
| 660468 | 2008-04-20 01:57:00 | Being the Master File Table thats not to good - any thing you do MAY lose what ever data you have completely. If you can currently see / save your files by using another PC and a recovery program, I'd suggest you do so before its to late, or try repairs. Better to spend some time doing a recovery Now and lose little if anything,. than go :( :mad: (&*#$%$@^@*#$( after its all gone. Once you have the data, load in the Vista DVD, Boot from it and go through the loading process until you get to the part of installing, down the bottom left is an option to repair the Operating system. NTFS systems make a back up of the MFT, so hopefully Vista will locate it, and put it back and alls well. If you dont have a Vista DVD, go Here and download (neosmart.net) the program, it looks exactly like a Vista DVD, but only contains the first part that lets you boot into the recovery mode. Been doing a google search, and This program (shareme.com) pops up all the time saying it can repair it, but I have not tried it so I cant vouch for it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 660469 | 2008-04-20 02:36:00 | Yeah as I said I have the Vista DVD but the repair didnt work. I can see most of my files in the recovery program, but they are all over the place which makes it a big pain. Will try that other program you suggested. Cheers. | Kryptos (2831) | ||
| 660470 | 2008-04-20 03:28:00 | Did you try the manual system restore to put it back to when it was OK available from the Vista DVD ? | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 660471 | 2008-04-20 03:36:00 | I'd Ghost the drive first. Atleast you'll have a full backup of the whole drive which in this case is important since you're files are all over the place. After that you can try and recover them. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 660472 | 2008-04-20 04:54:00 | I recommend moving all the files that you can recover to another drive, then try fixing the old drive. If you do fix it, go and buy a backup program. If you don't, then at least you have your files, so you can reinstall Vista. Then you'll just have to tweak Vista the way you like it again. | SPARTAN 860 (2618) | ||
| 660473 | 2008-04-20 05:58:00 | Did you try the manual system restore to put it back to when it was OK available from the Vista DVD ? Yeah strangely I couldnt use system restore from the Vista DVD because it said I didnt have any restores to go back to. But I know I did have some. |
Kryptos (2831) | ||
| 660474 | 2008-04-20 06:00:00 | I'd Ghost the drive first. Atleast you'll have a full backup of the whole drive which in this case is important since you're files are all over the place. After that you can try and recover them. Thats a good idea. But... From windows It says I have 173GB left on my 250GB HDD. When this wasnt the case before it died. I had like 50GB spare. Through the recovery program I can see the "lost" files that windows cant see. But if I ghost the HDD will it also see those files and back them up or will it only backup the files the windows can see. Hope that makes sense. |
Kryptos (2831) | ||
| 660475 | 2008-04-20 06:03:00 | I recommend moving all the files that you can recover to another drive, then try fixing the old drive. If you do fix it, go and buy a backup program. If you don't, then at least you have your files, so you can reinstall Vista. Then you'll just have to tweak Vista the way you like it again. The files that are on there are ones I dont really care about, like system files, windows files etc. Its the "lost" files I want, like my music, pictures, videos etc. What is a good recovery program that is not the expensive (or are there even free ones?) Im using VirtualLab at the mo, and it wants me to "buy quota" to save the lost files. But this program is kinda annoying cos it shows my files all over the show. |
Kryptos (2831) | ||
| 660476 | 2008-04-20 06:04:00 | Thats a good idea . But . . . From windows It says I have 173GB left on my 250GB HDD . When this wasnt the case before it died . I had like 50GB spare . Through the recovery program I can see the "lost" files that windows cant see . But if I ghost the HDD will it also see those files and back them up or will it only backup the files the windows can see . Hope that makes sense . ghosting the drive should take every thing across, just double check on the copy with the recovery Program BEFORE altering the main drive . Edit to post above: This ones Free ( . pcinspector . de/Sites/file_recovery/info . htm?language=1" target="_blank">www . pcinspector . de) used it once or twice, but Get Data Back ( . runtime . org/data-recovery-software . htm" target="_blank">www . runtime . org) works better, but not free, both should show the actual file directories, my documents, my music / my pictures etc . Just MAKE SURE you DONT load the programs on the drive thats missing the files other wise they may be over written . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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