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SOLVED........Thanks KenB, you were spot on! chkdsk did the bizzo on the F:/ MFT. i have now successfully recovered all that data and i'm backing it up. Couldn"t possibly be any happier!! And thankyou FPCH community!

Thanks KenB, i will get right on it.

This is the log generated by Testdisk. Maybe someone (starbuck possilbly) can make some sense of it? Tue Oct 4 16:37:45 2011 Command line: TestDisk TestDisk 6.12, Data Recovery Utility, May 2011 email address removed by KenB Christophe GRENIER <**********> http://www.********* OS: Windows XP SP3 Compiler: GCC 4.3, Cygwin 1007.7 Compilation date: 2011-05-11T20:57:43 ext2fs lib: 1.41.8, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: 20100226 disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sda)=40020664320 disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdb)=1000204886016 disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=40020664320 disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=1000204886016 disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=40007729664 filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\D:) GetFileSize err Incorrect function. filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\D:) SetFilePointer err Incorrect function. Warning: can't get size for \\.\D: filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\E:) GetFileSize err Incorrect function. filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\E:) SetFilePointer err Incorrect function. Warning: can't get size for \\.\E: disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\F:)=1000209449984 file_pread(4,1,buffer,78172289(4865/254/63)) lseek err Invalid argument file_pread(5,1,buffer,1953536129(121601/254/63)) lseek err Invalid argument Hard disk list Disk /dev/sda - 40 GB / 37 GiB - CHS 4865 255 63, sector size=512 - WDC WD400JB-00ENA0 Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512 - WD 10EADS External Partition table type (auto): Intel Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - WD 10EADS External Partition table type: Intel file_pread(5,1,buffer,1953536129(121601/254/63)) lseek err Invalid argument Analyse Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63 Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63 NTFS at 0/32/33 Info: size boot_sector 1953523120, partition 1953534082 file_pread(5,4096,buffer,6293504(391/191/57)) read err: Invalid argument file_pread(5,1,buffer,6297232(391/251/5)) read err: Invalid argument NTFS: Can't read MFT get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=8 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=16 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=32 nbr=1 Current partition structure: 1 E extended LBA 0 32 1 121601 254 63 1953534114 No partition is bootable 5 L HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 121601 254 63 1953534082 Ask the user for vista mode Computes LBA from CHS for Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121602 255 63 Allow partial last cylinder : Yes search_vista_part: 1 search_part() Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121602 255 63 NTFS at 0/1/1 filesystem size 1953525104 sectors_per_cluster 8 mft_lcn 786432 mftmirr_lcn 122095318 clusters_per_mft_record -10 clusters_per_index_record 1 HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 121601 80 62 1953525104 NTFS, 1000 GB / 931 GiB file_pread(5,8,buffer,1953525175(121601/81/8)) lseek err Invalid argument file_pread(5,3,buffer,1953525183(121601/81/16)) lseek err Invalid argument file_pread(5,3,buffer,1953525230(121601/81/63)) lseek err Invalid argument file_pread(5,8,buffer,1953525246(121601/82/16)) lseek err Invalid argument file_pread(5,11,buffer,1953525293(121601/82/63)) lseek err Invalid argument file_pread(5,7,buffer,1953525169(121601/81/2)) lseek err Invalid argument file_pread(5,1,buffer,1953525186(121601/81/19)) lseek err Invalid argument file_pread(5,1,buffer,1953525233(121601/82/3)) lseek err Invalid argument file_pread(5,1,buffer,1953525254(121601/82/24)) lseek err Invalid argument file_pread(5,1,buffer,1953525304(121601/83/11)) lseek err Invalid argument get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=8 nbr=2 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=16 nbr=2 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=32 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=64 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=128 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=240 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=1 Warning: the current number of heads per cylinder is 255 but the correct value may be 16. Results * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 121601 254 63 1953536067 NTFS, 1000 GB / 931 GiB interface_write() 1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 121601 254 63 1953536067

Thanks guys, yep, tried other usb (no change) and the disc manager recognises the drive and says its working properly.it may be worth restating that the "testdisk" program could not locate a boot sector on the drive. Hope this helps.

Hi Mag476, The drive (f:/) is used to store my videos, games etc, so i'm assuming the primary boot device would be c:/. The f:/ drive is formatted for windows and did work perfectly until a power outage. i am unclear about how to set up as per your advice, are there step by step instructions?

I was just reading in FPCH "tips and tricks" about "easeus" program. would that be suitable? I will wait for a reply as i dont want to download such a large program for nothing.

Hi KenB, It is a desktop and it is SATA(via usb). i have also run "recova" in an attempt to get data from it but it only shows a few files listed and most of them are not recoverable. How would i go about trying to salvge some files/data?

HELP!!! Can anybody assist with above problem or i will have to reformat today!

yes, having just read that forum, im not confident in future versions as people are having trouble with 2012! Hope they will sort it out. Have run OTL clean up, thankyou starbuck.

I will notify them. I've had bitdefender for 4 years now and never had an problem like this. i'm thinking it may be related to an update. anyway, thankyou both for your time and effort. i will now move on to trying save my f drive.

no worries...............

i've learned more about my pc through this journey,thankyou so much.

That did it!....disabled av and POP...there it is!! RandyL you're a champ!!! now i need to know why? Is it common for b/d or any other security to interfere in this way?

after running the above program, the only info you get is pass or fail and this drive passed.

i found "Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows" for my drive. i will download and run it and post the report.