I got a new PC and when I moved my 2 hard drives into it, they began to have big problems.
I first noticed this when I tried to play certain MP3 files and kept getting errors... some would work, some would not. The same thing occurs with videos I have as well. For all the files the size appears correct, however they won't play. Some will actually play for a second or 2 and then quit. Others play almost 100% ok, but have parts that skip ahead in them now. This has primarily affected any files I have added or modified in the past 2-3 months. My older files for the most part are ok still, however there are a few exceptions.
On the first or second reboot since I made the swap, Windows XP ran through a disk check and made major changes to my file system index. It went through and dumped a lare number of files into a found.000 hidden folder. these files appear to be uncorrupted, however I just need to figure out where they went.
From what I can guess, it appears that the file index has been corrupted, so as it tries to play a song for example, it plays for a second but then it looks to the wrong sector of the hard drive for the rest of the song which isn't there. just a guess...
My big concern now is if I can recover those files that appear to be corrupted and fix the issue.
does anybody know of any tools that will do this or have any insight?
thanks.
I first noticed this when I tried to play certain MP3 files and kept getting errors... some would work, some would not. The same thing occurs with videos I have as well. For all the files the size appears correct, however they won't play. Some will actually play for a second or 2 and then quit. Others play almost 100% ok, but have parts that skip ahead in them now. This has primarily affected any files I have added or modified in the past 2-3 months. My older files for the most part are ok still, however there are a few exceptions.
On the first or second reboot since I made the swap, Windows XP ran through a disk check and made major changes to my file system index. It went through and dumped a lare number of files into a found.000 hidden folder. these files appear to be uncorrupted, however I just need to figure out where they went.
From what I can guess, it appears that the file index has been corrupted, so as it tries to play a song for example, it plays for a second but then it looks to the wrong sector of the hard drive for the rest of the song which isn't there. just a guess...
My big concern now is if I can recover those files that appear to be corrupted and fix the issue.
does anybody know of any tools that will do this or have any insight?
thanks.