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SSJ Hibiki
05-12-2006, 01:19 AM
One of my folders on my second hard drive just randomly decided to corrupt (or at least I think so), and says it is now an empty folder with 0 bytes. However, said folder was working fine earlier today, and my hard drive hasn't updated it's free space to accomodate for what was lost. I figured it would be better to ask for help here before doing anything brash, so thanks in advance.
DaDesiCanadian
05-12-2006, 01:24 AM
One of my folders on my second hard drive just randomly decided to corrupt (or at least I think so), and says it is now an empty folder with 0 bytes. However, said folder was working fine earlier today, and my hard drive hasn't updated it's free space to accomodate for what was lost. I figured it would be better to ask for help here before doing anything brash, so thanks in advance.

If you have a bunch of important data on it, and you're not knowledgeable about computers, the best thing to do would be to take it to a computer repair shop and see what they could salvage.
Serp's Attorney
05-12-2006, 01:26 AM
It's a secondary drive, so he can actually probably salvage on his own. I'm sure there are guides on the net somewhere.
SSJ Hibiki
05-12-2006, 01:26 AM
I am quite knowledgable about computers, but this is something I'd rather not experiment with (rightfully so) as I've never dealt with this sort of problem before. Are there any programs that can at least detect the corrupted file(s) so that I could get help elsewhere?
adonis_minus_20
05-12-2006, 09:49 AM
I am quite knowledgable about computers, but this is something I'd rather not experiment with (rightfully so) as I've never dealt with this sort of problem before. Are there any programs that can at least detect the corrupted file(s) so that I could get help elsewhere?

You should try GetDataBack. I've used this program, and it works great. I recovered several gig of lost data using it. You can download a trial version that will scan the drive, and see if there's anything it can recover. It won't cost you anything to run it and see if it can help you. It's $69 to buy, then it will actually recover the data for you (unless you can find something free somewhere). It all depends how important the data is to you.

http://www.runtime.org/

Jim