Re: from Peter Brown

[Bill Benedetto <bbenedetto@goodyear.com>]

  pbrown> Enclosed is an account of an issue that recently
  pbrown> occurred with my 20GB HDD.  15GB of the disk contains a
  pbrown> year's worth of important Graphics files.  Somehow
  pbrown> the disk became corrupted. The 20GB HDD physically
  pbrown> functions fine, i.e., it does not makes any clicking
  pbrown> noise and is recognized by WinXP.  However, in
  pbrown> Properties my 20GB drive is now a 5.98 GB Drive/4.80
  pbrown> used/1.18 free. Moreover, the disc has no visible data
  pbrown> on it. It appears that the Graphics files are still on
  pbrown> the disc because the amount that is being misreported
  pbrown> by WinXP is equal to the amount of the lost Graphic
  pbrown> files.  If after reading it you feel that there is some
  pbrown> chance of restoring the original file system, please
  pbrown> let me know. I am in a very desperate situation and
  pbrown> anxious to recover these files.

I tried and had good luck with a program called restorer2000 at
http://www.restorer2000.com/ .  They have a free
limited-functionality version as well as a $50.00 version.  You
can test-drive the free version and, if it seems to work, fork
out the $50.00 for the full version.

Of course, Your Mileage May Vary.

Good luck.

- Bill
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Bill Benedetto     <bbenedetto@goodyear.com>    The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
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