I have no idea how it happened, but it happened on my girlfriend's computer. She was going to install a second HD when something horrible happened... First off - She's not inept, she knows what not to do when installing something on a computer.
So, goes to boot up and after the memory and IDE checking screen, the screen fills with flashing random characters and colors. Not a good sign, as some of you know. So, I get my computer booted with her HD attached. My WinXP comp occasionally runs the little scandisk thing before it boots just because, and this happened to be one of those times. Scandisk called most of the directories on her drive corrupt, and saved them as it's own little file type. Just so you all understand the ramifications of this - At this point, it appears we've lost about 2/3 of her data, and there's some really important stuff in there.
So, the obvious question is - Is there any way I can retrieve her files? Please? It'll kill her to lose that much.
- Thanks.
So, goes to boot up and after the memory and IDE checking screen, the screen fills with flashing random characters and colors. Not a good sign, as some of you know. So, I get my computer booted with her HD attached. My WinXP comp occasionally runs the little scandisk thing before it boots just because, and this happened to be one of those times. Scandisk called most of the directories on her drive corrupt, and saved them as it's own little file type. Just so you all understand the ramifications of this - At this point, it appears we've lost about 2/3 of her data, and there's some really important stuff in there.
So, the obvious question is - Is there any way I can retrieve her files? Please? It'll kill her to lose that much.
- Thanks.