Ok THanks. Seems to be working, but I didn't want to take any chances so I stopped the scan early and wrote down the sector information.
I will copy off the files I can to cd/dvd if possible.
Can you tell me, if I select more files than the capacity of the media will it prompt me to change discs or do I need to select fewer files ?
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Originally Posted by hpbobkorn
Woke up one morning and my computer which was running fine the night before had and error message on screen that needed to be rebooted possibly due to power fail ( 3 other computers in the same room did not ) I tried rebooting several times but same message each time. Called tech support for my computer, and hp mediacenter pc running mediacenter 2005 and they walked through recovery steps but nothing worked. For whatever reason it would not allow a Non-Destructive recovery. Tech Support then recommended I remove the hard drive and mount as a slave under another windows pc, which I did. I could then see the drive but not access it. Error message was "Drive not formatted". I searched the web and found your software and downloaded the trial package. I attempted a complete format recover, which ran for around 18 hours but had not completed, on a Maxtor 160GB drive, I allowed it to continue and when I checked on it next the machine I had been using to run the program was "hung" I couldn't get it to respond to anything. I eventually powered off and am currently re-running the Complete Format Recover and am 3 hours into it. I modified the system to not time out or hibernate, and turned off the screen saver thinking that may help. I've so far found 30,000+ files Found, 130,000+ O/S items found and from the progress bar it appears to be about 25% through the search.
Questions:
How long should I continue to let this run ?
Once it completes what is the recommended process to recover the system?
Should I copy files to CD/DVD? If so do I then want to reformat and reinstall the O/S on the drive and move the files back or is there a better way, or does the software allow to recover the O/S or disk image?
I have not found a manual or set of instructions is one available.
Did I do the right search or should I have first run a Complete File Search?
It is looking hopeful that I can recover some/all of my files ? Am I correct so far?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks.
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