Files mysteriously deleted

[Guest Mrich]

Hello,

Win 2000 sp4, Pent 3, 850mhz, 512mb ram. I have 2 drives, system drive C: is

a 40gb and storage drive D: is a 160mb.

Problem starts like this. The other day while recording some audio, I

noticed some sluggish, skipping action. Playing back that material was the

same.

I then opened a pre-recorded wave file and the computer play perfectly. So I

cleaned the D: drive by deleting some files, scanning for viruses, adware,

malware, etc.

Then I did a chkdsk which completed without errors and tried to run a disk

defrag. I received a message saying defrag could not be performed or

something to that effect. I did not search the MS Knowledge as I just shut

the computer down and went out. The next day I booted, ran defrag on disk D:

and noticed it finished very quickly and found out all of my files were

gone. I was only left with a temp folder and a chkdsk file. Luckly I back up

DVD.

My question is, what could have possibly happened to all my user files on

drive D: ?

I did not delete them. No virus was found when scanned. Nothing in recycle

bin.

 

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.

mrich

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Files mysteriously deleted

 

What happened when you restarted the pc was chkdsk ran and found broken

chains/ lost clusters, then created *.chk files of them so you can delete

them and regain the otherwise lost drive space. The disk drive may have

failed so I'd run the manufacturer's diagnostic tools on the disk.

 

 

--

 

Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

"Mrich" wrote:

> Hello,

> Win 2000 sp4, Pent 3, 850mhz, 512mb ram. I have 2 drives, system drive C:

> is a 40gb and storage drive D: is a 160mb.

> Problem starts like this. The other day while recording some audio, I

> noticed some sluggish, skipping action. Playing back that material was the

> same.

> I then opened a pre-recorded wave file and the computer play perfectly. So

> I cleaned the D: drive by deleting some files, scanning for viruses,

> adware, malware, etc.

> Then I did a chkdsk which completed without errors and tried to run a disk

> defrag. I received a message saying defrag could not be performed or

> something to that effect. I did not search the MS Knowledge as I just shut

> the computer down and went out. The next day I booted, ran defrag on disk

> D: and noticed it finished very quickly and found out all of my files were

> gone. I was only left with a temp folder and a chkdsk file. Luckly I back

> up DVD.

> My question is, what could have possibly happened to all my user files on

> drive D: ?

> I did not delete them. No virus was found when scanned. Nothing in recycle

> bin.

>

> Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.

> mrich

>

[Guest Mrich]

Re: Files mysteriously deleted

 

Thanks Dave,

The *.chk file was only 9mb and I had over 60mb of files on the disk. So are

you saying this *.chk file was just fragments of the 60mb of files.

I"ll run the manfacturers diags on it. This disk is still under warranty so

I can probably get it replaced.

BTW, for anyone reading this following this thread, BACKUP your

data.......regularly. I'm glad I did.

 

 

"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message

news:OIlHTvnOIHA.5264@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> What happened when you restarted the pc was chkdsk ran and found broken

> chains/ lost clusters, then created *.chk files of them so you can delete

> them and regain the otherwise lost drive space. The disk drive may have

> failed so I'd run the manufacturer's diagnostic tools on the disk.

>

>

> --

>

> Regards,

>

> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

> Microsoft Certified Professional

> Microsoft MVP [Windows]

> http://www.microsoft.com/protect

>

> "Mrich" wrote:

>> Hello,

>> Win 2000 sp4, Pent 3, 850mhz, 512mb ram. I have 2 drives, system drive C:

>> is a 40gb and storage drive D: is a 160mb.

>> Problem starts like this. The other day while recording some audio, I

>> noticed some sluggish, skipping action. Playing back that material was

>> the same.

>> I then opened a pre-recorded wave file and the computer play perfectly.

>> So I cleaned the D: drive by deleting some files, scanning for viruses,

>> adware, malware, etc.

>> Then I did a chkdsk which completed without errors and tried to run a

>> disk defrag. I received a message saying defrag could not be performed or

>> something to that effect. I did not search the MS Knowledge as I just

>> shut the computer down and went out. The next day I booted, ran defrag on

>> disk D: and noticed it finished very quickly and found out all of my

>> files were gone. I was only left with a temp folder and a chkdsk file.

>> Luckly I back up DVD.

>> My question is, what could have possibly happened to all my user files on

>> drive D: ?

>> I did not delete them. No virus was found when scanned. Nothing in

>> recycle bin.

>>

>> Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.

>> mrich

>>

>

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: Files mysteriously deleted

 

Yes, the *.chk files are not really meant for any recovery. Just a means to

recover the lost space. Ditto on the backups.

 

 

--

 

Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

"Mrich" wrote:

> Thanks Dave,

> The *.chk file was only 9mb and I had over 60mb of files on the disk. So

> are you saying this *.chk file was just fragments of the 60mb of files.

> I"ll run the manfacturers diags on it. This disk is still under warranty

> so I can probably get it replaced.

> BTW, for anyone reading this following this thread, BACKUP your

> data.......regularly. I'm glad I did.

[Guest Mrich]

Re: Files mysteriously deleted

 

Now that was great advice and thats exactly what I'm gonna do. I did have

video and photos on that disk.

Much appreciated as I'm sure all who read this.

Mrich.

"nesredep egrob" <Long. -31,48.21 Lat. 115,47.40> wrote in message

news:262pl390rkmv7i8rgsp9do78c58kf1u4ju@4ax.com...

> On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 11:48:03 -0500, "Mrich" <mrich1126_@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>

>>Thanks Dave,

>>The *.chk file was only 9mb and I had over 60mb of files on the disk. So

>>are

>>you saying this *.chk file was just fragments of the 60mb of files.

>>I"ll run the manfacturers diags on it. This disk is still under warranty

>>so

>>I can probably get it replaced.

>>BTW, for anyone reading this following this thread, BACKUP your

>>data.......regularly. I'm glad I did.

>

> Better still, if you have a massive amount of video and photos then buy

> another

> similar disk and run it as a raid array. If one disk goes down then the

> other

> has all the information on it. You simply replace the faulty one and it

> gets the

> info from the healthy disk.

>

> Borge in sunny Perth, Australia

>>

>>

>>"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message

>>news:OIlHTvnOIHA.5264@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> What happened when you restarted the pc was chkdsk ran and found broken

>>> chains/ lost clusters, then created *.chk files of them so you can

>>> delete

>>> them and regain the otherwise lost drive space. The disk drive may have

>>> failed so I'd run the manufacturer's diagnostic tools on the disk.

>>>

>>>

>>> --

>>>

>>> Regards,

>>>

>>> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

>>> Microsoft Certified Professional

>>> Microsoft MVP [Windows]

>>> http://www.microsoft.com/protect

>>>

>>> "Mrich" wrote:

>>>> Hello,

>>>> Win 2000 sp4, Pent 3, 850mhz, 512mb ram. I have 2 drives, system drive

>>>> C:

>>>> is a 40gb and storage drive D: is a 160mb.

>>>> Problem starts like this. The other day while recording some audio, I

>>>> noticed some sluggish, skipping action. Playing back that material was

>>>> the same.

>>>> I then opened a pre-recorded wave file and the computer play perfectly.

>>>> So I cleaned the D: drive by deleting some files, scanning for viruses,

>>>> adware, malware, etc.

>>>> Then I did a chkdsk which completed without errors and tried to run a

>>>> disk defrag. I received a message saying defrag could not be performed

>>>> or

>>>> something to that effect. I did not search the MS Knowledge as I just

>>>> shut the computer down and went out. The next day I booted, ran defrag

>>>> on

>>>> disk D: and noticed it finished very quickly and found out all of my

>>>> files were gone. I was only left with a temp folder and a chkdsk file.

>>>> Luckly I back up DVD.

>>>> My question is, what could have possibly happened to all my user files

>>>> on

>>>> drive D: ?

>>>> I did not delete them. No virus was found when scanned. Nothing in

>>>> recycle bin.

>>>>

>>>> Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.

>>>> mrich

>>>>

>>>

>>

>

[Guest nesredep egrob]

Re: Files mysteriously deleted

 

On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 11:48:03 -0500, "Mrich" <mrich1126_@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>Thanks Dave,

>The *.chk file was only 9mb and I had over 60mb of files on the disk. So are

>you saying this *.chk file was just fragments of the 60mb of files.

>I"ll run the manfacturers diags on it. This disk is still under warranty so

>I can probably get it replaced.

>BTW, for anyone reading this following this thread, BACKUP your

>data.......regularly. I'm glad I did.

 

Better still, if you have a massive amount of video and photos then buy another

similar disk and run it as a raid array. If one disk goes down then the other

has all the information on it. You simply replace the faulty one and it gets the

info from the healthy disk.

 

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia

>

>

>"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message

>news:OIlHTvnOIHA.5264@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> What happened when you restarted the pc was chkdsk ran and found broken

>> chains/ lost clusters, then created *.chk files of them so you can delete

>> them and regain the otherwise lost drive space. The disk drive may have

>> failed so I'd run the manufacturer's diagnostic tools on the disk.

>>

>>

>> --

>>

>> Regards,

>>

>> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

>> Microsoft Certified Professional

>> Microsoft MVP [Windows]

>> http://www.microsoft.com/protect

>>

>> "Mrich" wrote:

>>> Hello,

>>> Win 2000 sp4, Pent 3, 850mhz, 512mb ram. I have 2 drives, system drive C:

>>> is a 40gb and storage drive D: is a 160mb.

>>> Problem starts like this. The other day while recording some audio, I

>>> noticed some sluggish, skipping action. Playing back that material was

>>> the same.

>>> I then opened a pre-recorded wave file and the computer play perfectly.

>>> So I cleaned the D: drive by deleting some files, scanning for viruses,

>>> adware, malware, etc.

>>> Then I did a chkdsk which completed without errors and tried to run a

>>> disk defrag. I received a message saying defrag could not be performed or

>>> something to that effect. I did not search the MS Knowledge as I just

>>> shut the computer down and went out. The next day I booted, ran defrag on

>>> disk D: and noticed it finished very quickly and found out all of my

>>> files were gone. I was only left with a temp folder and a chkdsk file.

>>> Luckly I back up DVD.

>>> My question is, what could have possibly happened to all my user files on

>>> drive D: ?

>>> I did not delete them. No virus was found when scanned. Nothing in

>>> recycle bin.

>>>

>>> Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.

>>> mrich

>>>

>>

>