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Lost 4GB of files & folders - URGENT HELP NEEDED PLEASE!

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namelessone2

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Oct 1, 2006
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* This one is updated at the bottom

My brother recently deleted one of my folders (I'm assuming - I was out for the day and came back to find that he had been using it all day and that the folder was gone -* but the drive running out of space is also a possibility) containing about 4Gb worth of stuff. About 3 quarters of it is from sites that have closed down and some from a mail-list that doesn't keep archives of files they send.

What I need is a program to recover the lost files WITH the directory/file-structure intact.

I found one program called 'ADRC_Data_Recovery_Tools_v1.0' which says it does just that, I put it on C:\ (the deleted stuff is on E:\) and it has found 10,000+ deleted files on C:\ but when I ask it to check E:\, it just finishes the search instantly and there are no results (no error message either).

Now, I also found a program called 'Restoration V3.2.13' which has found over 140,000(!) deleted files on E:\ but it can only recover individual files, not the folder/directory structure as well.

Anyway, any help would be appreciated, otherwise could someone point me to either a free program that can recover deleted files & folders with the directory/folder structure intact, or a forum that deals with deleted files and the like.

* I've just used 'Turbo File Uneraser' to do a simple scan only and it comes up with : "ERROR: Couldnot read MFT Record 912571"

* I've only got about a day and a half to get this fixed, so a prompt reply would be greatly appreciated.
* Also any programs that I need would have to be free as I can't really afford to buy any at the moment unfortunately.

Thanks in advance,

Nameless_One
 
A quick search of this forum would give you a plethora of tools to do this unfortunately I am not aware of any free ones but I have used with great results in the past and for like £80 money well spent!

Iain
 
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