Hey, everyone. My original problem is very similar to
this one (apart from the turning on and off thing), presumably due to a bad write.
Completed the whole "Recover Drive" as per
the sticky post guide using the "Automatic drive recovery" option (Recover My Files v4.0.2(409)) on an external 500MB MyBook USB 2.0 FAT drive, 35 hours in all.
Now that I try to preview jpg or archive (zip/rar) files, vast majority of them don't display as they should: for jpgs either a "Preview not available" error, file header(?) gibberish or chopped off pictures with only tops of people's heads visible; for archives either empty, or incomplete contents lists. Is there any hope in saving these, as the guide clearly says: "If you are happy with the search results and
can preview your missing files [...] save the files to another drive."
If that's any help, the original folder structure is completely recovered including deleted folders,
but only under the "Partition @ ..." key in Folder Tab, while the contents of "Virtual FAT Partition @ ..." and some obscure "Virtual NTFS Partition @ ..." have absolutely nothing to do with the expected contents of the disk.
P.S. How do I save the search results so that I can return to them later, without having to run the search again?