Graham - what about Netscape/mozilla mail

[wayne grauel]

Graham - I'm the one with the HP F10 screwup.

So far things are looking good... I'd say about 15% done but it looks like a sale will be in order ofr you.

Quick question on Email files - especially those like Netscape mail that are not in the "program" directory, but in a users folder.

IS it my understanding that even though in choosing the default 5 or so file types under the "full format recovery", other folders (like the C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles" directory for mozilla) will also come through -

so far i see excell, word, jpgs, etc folders recover(ing).

If this program pulls this off you're a lifsaver - or at least saving me from loosing important contacts that need my attention not to mention contracts, and literally 100's of ours of work for other documents.

Just curious as to what to expect -

My Check's in the mail!!!

Thanks
Wayne

[GDH]

Wayne,

The Format Recover options recover files using the Operating System MFT records.

On a Windows computer every file on the system as a MFT record in a table at the start of the disk called the Master File Table. Amongst other things, the MFT record holds the file name and tells the computer the storage clusters on the disk where a file resides.

In a Format Recover RMF uses the default 5 files to help it locate and read all the missing MFT records. In the progress windows MFT records are called OS Items, and each OS Item represents a file on your PC.

Once RMF has narrowed in on the location of MFT records, it can find all files on your system and at the end of the search rebuilds the old file system and display it to you in "Folder View" of the results screen. You should see full file and folder names here. Click on the files found to preview their content.

In some really bad data loss situations the MFT records can themselves be deleted or corrupt. In this case you need to run a "Complete File Search". Part of this search involves looking for files by their file structure, i.e. unique header, content and footer. The only downside of this is that file names may not be recovered as the file name is only stored in the MFT record and not with the actual file content.

I hope this make sense.