help with recover my files

[debbiesg]

Can you stop the search for files in the middle of it? It is a large external hard drive I am recovering files from and my resources are running low. I want to know if I can stop the search and reboot my computer then pick up the search from where it is. Thanks for all and any help.
Debbie

[GDH]

It depends on what type of search you are running. Which search option did you select?

What information is currently displayed in the progress window?

How were you files lost in the first instance?

[debbiesg]

I did a full file searh. It says how many files have been found 900069. Time elapsed 31:27:15. Searching drive 1 - 451205000 of 976773168. The bar is halfway across. The drive went bad.
Debbie

[GDH]

Yes, you can stop the search. You must however save any files that you need before you start a new search.

To start the search in the same location as you stopped, click on the OPTIONS button on the main program screen and in the ADVANCED tab put a tick in the box for "prompt for start cluster...". When you start a new "Complete File Search" the program will ask you for the starting cluster, in which you enter the number in where you stopped, i.e. 451205000.

[debbiesg]

Thanks for your help.
Debbie

[xor42]

I have 1 physcial 500 GB SATA drive:
60 GB OS, 60 GB Test area, 320 GB Data area

The large 380 GB data area was nearly full with about 500k files. Its partition disappeared a few days ago and its area now shows as simply "unallocated" with no partition. Various utilities, though ineffective for my needs, have shown that many files are still there.

I can't get RMF to scan only the "unallocated" portion of the physical drive. Some other products display "unallocated" in the list of logical drives on a physcial drive. Without such an option, I could only get RMF to scan the entire physical drive, including the 2x60 GB parititIons that are fine. It took 8+ hours to finish the scan while logging many "MP3" errors and it then seemed to hang. I suspect it ran out of memory. I eventually got it to respond very slowly but no files were found at all and it then crashed. As is usual for such large drives, there is well over 1 million files. I cannot find any recovery program that does not crash. I wonder if today's larger drives are beyond all their capabilities?

Q: Is there a way to get RMF to scan only the unallocated partition space?
Q: Are such drives and file counts beyond the capability of RMF?
Q: If not, how do I use RMF to deal with this scenario?

Many thanks in advance.

[GDH]

Yes you can stop the search and start again from the same location.

1. Note down the sector/cluster number that the search is currently up to in the search results progress window.

2. Stop the search and save the files found so far.

3. Before you start the next search, click on OPTONS button and in the advanced tbab put a tick in the prompt for start cluster