it was working perfectly but then........helpppp

[ahzeeper]

recently i had a virus sort of a thing infecting my pc. i lost my media files(.avi), but i read online about the same virus and people had used recovermyfiles to get their data back. so i downloaded recovermyfiles from the getdata website. the first time i used it the quick scan showed all the files on the partition of my hd which i had lost. but the next time i used it the event log had this written in it, and it showed nothing.


Error reading NTFS Master File Table.
Not able to initialise drive G:
Drive = G:
Bytes Per Sector = 40191
Cluster Size = 5265021
Total Sectors = 4301055348
Total Clusters = 32832483
Sectors Per Cluster = 131
0:65494:0:0
All searches completed.
A total of 0 file(s) were located.
Time Elapsed: 0.000266666666666667 (mins)

i noticed that the filter was off so i turned it on again. and my drive is recognized properly by my pc as well.

id be forever indebted to you people if u can help me.
thankyou for your time.

[GDH]

Hi,

Try running a "Complete Format Recover" and in the drive selection window, select and search the 'physical' drive (you should be able to identify it by the displayed size).

In the file type selection window, use only the pre-selected file types.

Run this search, and let me know what the progress window says after 30 minutes.

Thank you.

[ahzeeper]

i did that too, iread that from one of ur earlier posts after 25 mins it showd nothing .im thinking about formatting my c drive and reinstalling windows then doing the recover thing again.
what do u think and thanks for the reply.

[ahzeeper]

the complete format recovery thing gives the error
error reading sector (repeatedly)

[GDH]

It sounds like the drive may not be being read properly, or have bad sectors.

In the OPTIONS > ADVANCED, select 'prompt for start cluster' and then when prompted, start the search about one third of the way down the disk. Please let me know what happens.

Thank you.