Seems to be taking so long

[theblitz]

I just downloaded the software and am running it on my (other) computer.

One of my disks failed - Windows recognises it but marks it as "unreadable".
The disk is 40GB.

I am running the Full Format Restore as the Fast returned nothing.

I started it running 12 hours ago and it seems to have hardly moved.
The count shows approx 2 mill out of 78 mill (I assume sectors).

I am running Win XP Prof SP3

Computer is a Pentium 4, 1.300 GHZ, 256 RAM

I could move the disk to a faster computer if required.

[GDH]

Hi,

How many file types did you select in the search?
In a Complete Format Recover you need only to select the default file types: .doc, .xls, .ppt, .jpeg, .bmp, .avi, .pdf, zip.

What does it currently say in the progress window for "Files Found = xxx" and "OS Items Found = xxx"?
If the OS Items has got to a high number and has remained stable for 10 minutes, then press the stop button and let the search results build.

[theblitz]

Thx for the reply.

I used the default selected list for the file types.
Was that too many?

Also, I forgot to mention that so far it has found nothing.

Now been 16 and a half hours.

If the numbers are advancing does that mean it is at least managing to get to the disk and read something?

[GDH]

It sounds like Recover My Files is not able to read the drive at all.

Click on the "Live Support" button in the top right hand corner of this screen so I can chat with you.

Thanks.