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Yikes--help! No list of files or folders on hard drive...? 1

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lb63640

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May 12, 2004
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Yesterday, our server crashed because of some excess heat generated by a UPS that overheated. (I actually burned my skin when I accidentally touched the equipment!)

We have a Maxtor 5000XT external hard drive attached to the server. After the crash and all the fixes necessary to be "live" we now find that the 250 GB hard drive shows the correct amount of used/free space, but there is no listing for the files or folders that occupy the used space.

I need suggestions to be able to access that data again, and to see a listing of those files and folders. Any help greatly appreciated!
 
Assuming they've not all become "hidden" with the H attribute, maybe something like GetDataBack would help.

It's beginning to sound like I'm on commission for this software - just wish I was!

ROGER - G0AOZ.
 
Happily, running CHKDSK with all the bells and whistles--three times!!--resurrected my drive. Needless to say, I am cloning that drive as we speak.

I'm giving you a star for the great tips you offered. I'd never heard of GetDataBack, and checked into it because of your post. It looks like a great product.

Thanks for your input.
 
lb63640,
You may want to consider doing a virus scan with an updated def list before making any backups.
 
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