does RMF help recover data with folder structure and original file name

[gds]

Hi every1

I have tried RMF to recover data from my formatted partition, it worked fine. But the only problem is that, it doesnot get me the folder structure and the original file name.

I have almost 50000 files and it is going to be really tough if i sort these file(i dont remember which folder has what files) and rename by reading all the files manually. I have seen the massfile renamer also, but most of my file doesnt have the title property....

can anybody though some light on this.....propably the RMF development group can help me in this....

[gds]

i tried other recovery tools like, r-studio, file scavanger, restorer2000, which exactly maintans the folders and the original file names......its amazing....but only thing is that, almost half of the files are corrupted after recovery.....but in Recover My files case, it recovers files (but no name or folder maintained) which is comparably good enough in terms of file corruption...

i tried almost all options with RMF to recover data with Folder and file name....but in vein......am i missing something..........pls let me know....

[GDH]

The file names are stored in a different location to the actual file data. The file names are in table at the start of the disk called the Master File Table (MFT). Each file MFT record points to the location on the disk where the file data is stored.

When you run a "Complete Format Recover", select the new drive letter and search for the default selected file types. At the end of the search the old file system will be rebuilt and displayed in "Folder View" of the results screen. Check to see if you can find the full file and folder names here.

If you cannot, it means that the MFT records are corrupt, and they are no longer pointing to the correct location on the disk for each file. Recover My Files is smart enough to realize this (not like the other programs :-) ).

The reason that you get files without their file and folder names is because RMF can find the file by its unique header and footer, but because there is no MFT record there is no original name.

If it turns out that the names are destroyed, you can also try www.explorerview.com (use Windows Explorer and the F2 key to rename files) or www.123renamer.com.

[gds]

Thanks for the reply, will try the exploreview and 123renamer.....

i have one more question, i recently tried PCI file recovery (a free recovery tool)......i did showed me the folder names and the file names......so i dont believe that my MFT is corrupted......As per your comments if MFT is not corrupted RMF should recover my files right. i guess i must have missed some step in RMF. (i

"Let me brief my issue....i have a IBM r51 laptop running xp sp2 (c: - NTFS and D: fat32)....it got very slow...so i wanted to reinstall...i boot the lap with win98Se and straight away i formatted c:. but unfortunatly it formatted d: instead of c:. after this i didnt install win or touch the d: drive. "

[GDH]

When I say that the MFT is corrupt, the file and folder names can still be intact, but the MFT records point to the wrong location on the disk for each file, which is why the files are corrupt.

Before you run a "Complete Format Recover" search, click on the OPTIONS button on the main program screen and in the SEARCH tab change the Format setting to FAT32. See if this makes a difference to your search results.