Nope it mysteriously disappeared again. I went out and came home and nothing has been copied, the Grig's program wasn't running anymore and there was a C++ error window that was completely black inside. I'm not even sure if that was related to the sync or not.
Guess it's time to try the shift+delete tip...
"preparing to delete" for 8 minutes then vanished, files are still there.
HD light still going nuts but nothing apparently happening.
At this point I'm thinking the best method may just be doing a search for all mp3, all mp4, all .doc, .xls, etc. as much as he can recall and then copying only those extentions... you guys agree?
Is there another data recovery software you guys can recommend? I have NEVER had this R-Studio recover anything.
Turns out when I thought I had searched and found some recovered files, those were just ones that were already on his drive. Unless R-Studio makes a folder called RGLLC in the directory ABOVE the one you tell it to.
joe7dust
There are tons of data recovery app. What we really need to know to more information about what state the drive is in (you could snip a picture of the drives directory) what files are seen. Where do want to recover them to, are the files intact or just fragments. Do you have a backup of the drive, etc.
It also would be helpful if you filoled in the "my system specs" in your control panel
Waiting on info
Ken
one option is to use Command Prompt to xcopy the files without Windows 'Preparing to copy...'
G: is just an example. This will copy all .MP3 files, including all those from within subdirectories into new subdirectories in c:\MyMusicCode:g: cd\ xcopy *.mp3 c:\MyMusic\ /s
Hope this helps :)
InformationYou can do the same for any other file type. Just different folder names, it's then easier to browse the new folders on C:
NoteYou may need to open an 'Elevated Command Prompt', just right-click & select 'Run as Administrator'
Jeff
I started the entire process over.
Turns out I may have gotten a virus on my internal HD from my friends USB drive I was trying to recover data from. Ever since I recovered some (useless) data the HD light has been going nuts even after a reboot so I reformatted and reinstalled.
I also decided to run the recovery from an OS that is a little more stable (not w7). 'Recover My Files 2.29' is running from a live XP cd on another computer now. I set it to only recover specific file types so I shouldn't end up with millions of files this time. It has scanned about 0.3% of the drive and found 1100 files in 15 minutes.
4 hours 15,000 files 10% progress
It doesn't sound good
Recover My Files, I have never used, but it is probably as good as any. I use a free tool called Recuva and a commercial software Runtime GetDataBack for NTFS.joe7dust said:
The ****ty thing about these programs that I am noticing... they slow down as they go. It took 4 hours for the first 10%, but now its 13 hours and only 20%... the number of sectors scanned or w/e is noticeably ticking by slower
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