# Have you ever lost important files after Scandisk or Chkdsk 'repaired' the
file system?
The Windows Chkdsk and Scandisk utilities are designed to verify the file
system, and (if required) to return the file system to a consistent state.
File system inconsistencies can for example occur after an operating system
crash.
# Did Scandisk or Chkdsk convert your files to Filexxxx.chk files?
When recovering the file system to a consistent state, lost or cross-linked
clusters will be reset to 'available' when the file system is verified. The
contents of these cluster(s) will be saved to a '.CHK file' (Filexxxx.CHK).
# Did you ever wonder if there was something usefull in those filexxxx.chk
files?
While CHK files may contain garbage, prior to deleting them it is wise to
examine the contents of these files. This is especially true if you lost
files after a system or application crash: the CHK files may contain the
contents of the lost files. Unfortunately Windows does not offer a tool that
allows you to do so in an easy way. CHK-Mate is a utility that should have
been 'standard issue'.
CHK-Mate will examine the contents of the CHK files and determine if the
contents are known filetypes, such as MS-Word files or GIF files. When
contents are recognized (for example, as a Word document), the CHK files are
copied to a new file with the correct file extension (Filexxxx.CHK ->
Filexxxx.DOC). The new file extension allows you to easily open the file
using the associated program.
If the contents of a CHK file can not be linked to a known filetype, you
have the option to extract all the readable text from the CHK file. Use this
option to recover information from a CHK file that is perhaps not intact
enough to be recovered completely as a known filetype.
More info:
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/~tkuurstra/chkmate.htm
Pricing: $ 11.95
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