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Maxtor 40gig - Files lost? data is there though?
Hey there. Ok, after quite a few days of using GetDataBack, I managed to restore quite a bit of the data. Here's the kicker. I used the Fat-16 option on GetDataBack to restore the data on a 40Gb disk. I got a lot more information back than when using the FAT-32 option. I tried to format the disk...- chrispols
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Maxtor 40gig - Files lost? data is there though?
I'm using Getdataback for Fat to recover the data. I'm selecting Fat32 to recover, and it comes back with what looks like only Windows files. On more analaysis of the disk, it's stating 2 types of FAT.. one is FAT32 boot sector, and the other is FAT16-Large?? Thinking that MAC was putting files...- chrispols
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Maxtor 40gig - Files lost? data is there though?
Hi there, I have an external Maxtor 40Gb drive running on a USB2.0/Firewire box. I've been using it to backup and transfer files between my MAC and my PC. Yesterday I couldn't find my data anywhere on the disk apart from some folders that MAC created. I do a properties of the disk, and it states...- chrispols
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