<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Sorry Mike I have been busy and haven't responded. I don't have any recommendations for file recovery programs especially for Windows systems. I normally used a Linux Live CD even on my Windows systems. I typically boot from a live Linux CD either from the CD/DVD or from a USB stick connected to the Windows system and let Linux fix and diagnose the problems. I typically diagnose the drive from there using fdisk, gparted, parted etc. If the file is readable I will back it up using the Linux Live CD loaded in memory.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">To be totally honest I don't run native versions of Windows anymore on my machines. I have only Linux and Apple machines and run Windows 7 in vms on both. I simply got tired of having to deal with Windows disk management nightmares and use it solely on vms. I keep cloned copies of my Windows vm's and if one is acting up I simply add a new vm based off of the cloned version and delete the problem version.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Others here might find time to manage bare metal installs but I am just too busy with enterprise web application development tasks at work and home to deal with M$ problems. Linux and Unix (apple) are just much more robust on there back end and most of the quality tools needed to diagnose disk issues come native to both platforms (just CLI commands in terminal).</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 8:27 PM, mike Enriquez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mylinux@cox.net" target="_blank">mylinux@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Wow James, <br>
You have a lot of good questions. <br>
The hard drive is the original on a Windows xp home computer. It
is an emachine so it is not a high end computer. <br>
It is the main drive for the computer. I pulled it out and have
connected it to one of my win 7 64bit computers via a usb
connection. <br>
It came prepartition off the shelf. <br>
<br>
I plan to reuse the hard drive if I can recreate the "C"
partition. I am in the middle of getting all images, text files
and music off the drive before I attempt to recreate the RAW
drive. <br>
I read one fix which said to give the RAW drive a letter then run
"chkdsk "X"/f and that might fix the partitions. I want to get
all the files off the drive first. <br>
I have tried several File recovery programs but the problem is
that each program only recovers a selection of files. What is
happening is that program A gets me the first 400 files and
program B gets me the <br>
next 300 files. I cannot find a program that will recover all the
JPG files at one time. <br>
So I am stuck on what to do next, because I do not want to
purchase several File Recovery Programs. <br>
Thanks for you info.<br>
Mike <br><div class="im">
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On 10/10/2013 7:50 PM, James Dugger wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Mike,
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Some
questions:</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Have
you used SMART on your PC as a first diagnostic tool? </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Is
the disk an add on to the PC?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">How
new is the drive? </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">What
brand? </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Was
it or did it come pre-partitioned, and if yes was the
partition used as is or re-partitioned?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Is
the partitioning scheme MBR or GPT?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Are
you planning on continuing to use the HDD in the M$ PC.?<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">I
have had success with many of the latest Linux live CD's
reading HDD's that were questionable or unreadable to M$
systems. You could download Ubuntu's latest Live CD or create
a bootable USB of the image plug it into the M$ PC boot Linux.
Most newest Linux distro's Live CD's will attempt to
automount all discovered HDD's and read their partitions. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Or
pull the drive and plug it into one of the Linux Boxes. If
the Linux OS is new enough and has a full Desktop
Environment/GUI like Gnome, or KDE etc. Most likely the disk
management system will try to automount the drive and read any
existing partitions. If it comes up immediately copy off /
backup any files on the disk to the other native disks on the
Linux box.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Good
Luck.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">James</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 6:15 PM,
Stephen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk" target="_blank">http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">This has been quite successful for me in the
past. </p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 10, 2013 5:46 PM, "mike
Enriquez" <<a href="mailto:mylinux@cox.net" target="_blank">mylinux@cox.net</a>>
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<div>I have a raw hard drive. It is a windows
machine but I also have some Linux Computers. It
appears that if you pull the electrical plug
from your computer, it could cause your hard
drive to lose hard drive partition information.<br>
I am not sure if the same can happen to a Linux
computer, so I want to find what is available
just in case my files disappear on my Linux
machines. <br>
My research has found that some software claims
to be able to solve lost file problems on both
windows and Linux computers. <br>
<br>
I have no idea how good these application are?<br>
<br>
Recovering deleted files is also of interest to
me.<br>
<br>
Thanks <br>
Mike Enriquez<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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On 10/10/2013 3:56 PM, Dazed_75 wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Mike, we need some information to
understand the question. Is this a totally
wiped drive, one with some problems, or just
deleted files that you are asking about. Tell
us you motivation so people can give valid and
appropriate answers (other than restore from
your backups).<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 10, 2013
at 3:35 PM, mike Enriquez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mylinux@cox.net" target="_blank">mylinux@cox.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Does anyone
know of software used to recover files in
Linux and Winlow systems.<br>
I am looking for software that will work
on both operating systems.<br>
Thanks for any help.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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