Hi there.....

I have Windows XP - VAIO Sony computer from 2003.

Last month after updates I had my Outlook Express email crash. You folks
finally got that all straighned out for me, and thank you.

This month, after updates, it looks like that many of my files on my
auxiliary drive (IN the computer) has been corrupted. I did do the "chkdsk"
format, and after much AUTOMATIC renaming,etc, SOME of my files came back,
and are readable. Saved on this drive were mostly photos (what is most
important to me anyway).

PROBLEM....

Some files were "automatically" re-named FOUND.000, FOUND.001 (and so
on). In those files are were a large number of items "automatically re-named
FILE0001.CHK, FILE0002.CHK (and so on). When I put my cursor over one of
these files, it says: "Recovered File Fragment - pieces of files found found
when your disk was scanned." When I actually click on one of those files,
the response is: "You are attempting to open a file of type 'Recovered File
Fragments' (.CHK). These files are used by the operating system and by
various programs. Editing or modifying them could damage your system. If you
still want to open the file, click Open With, otherwise Cancel.

In addition, what I believe to be a number of INDIVIDUAL photos came out
with .KPG extensions. When I click on them, here it what it says: "Windows
cannot open file. To open this file, Windows needs to know what program
created it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can
manually select from a list of programs on your computer." When I go
online, it says the file type .KPG is unknown. I don't know what program of
my own I should use to open it up. Should I just rename everything as .jpg,
since most of my photos were in that format?

HELP!!

"Kathy G" (frustrated in Los Angeles)

kathy wrote:
> I have Windows XP - VAIO Sony computer from 2003.
>
> Last month after updates I had my Outlook Express email crash.
> You folks finally got that all straighned out for me, and thank you.
>
> This month, after updates, it looks like that many of my files on
> my auxiliary drive (IN the computer) has been corrupted. I did do
> the "chkdsk" format, and after much AUTOMATIC renaming,etc, SOME of
> my files came back, and are readable. Saved on this drive were
> mostly photos (what is most important to me anyway).
>
> PROBLEM....
>
> Some files were "automatically" re-named FOUND.000, FOUND.001
> (and so
> on). In those files are were a large number of items
> "automatically re-named FILE0001.CHK, FILE0002.CHK (and so on).
> When I put my cursor over one of these files, it says: "Recovered
> File Fragment - pieces of files found found when your disk was
> scanned." When I actually click on one of those files, the
> response is: "You are attempting to open a file of type 'Recovered
> File Fragments' (.CHK). These files are used by the operating
> system and by various programs. Editing or modifying them could
> damage your system. If you still want to open the file, click Open
> With, otherwise Cancel.
>
> In addition, what I believe to be a number of INDIVIDUAL photos
> came out with .KPG extensions. When I click on them, here it what
> it says: "Windows cannot open file. To open this file, Windows
> needs to know what program created it. Windows can go online to
> look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of
> programs on your computer." When I go online, it says the file
> type .KPG is unknown. I don't know what program of my own I should
> use to open it up. Should I just rename everything as .jpg, since
> most of my photos were in that format?

Usually CHK files are worthless jumbles of fragments of files. You can look
in them with wordpad if you want. For the average user - they will mean
nothing - for someone trying to figure out what was lost - they might be
able to do something. Having them is not a good sign however - and could be
that you actually have hardware issues (or a badly configured drive.)

The KPGs - no idea. You can try renaming one to .JPG and see if it opens.
I have no direct clue as to what they are or why that would happen.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

> Hi there.....
>
> I have Windows XP - VAIO Sony computer from 2003.
>
> Last month after updates I had my Outlook Express email crash. You
> folks finally got that all straighned out for me, and thank you.
>
> This month, after updates, it looks like that many of my files on my
> auxiliary drive (IN the computer) has been corrupted. I did do the
> "chkdsk" format, and after much AUTOMATIC renaming,etc, SOME of my
> files came back, and are readable. Saved on this drive were mostly
> photos (what is most important to me anyway).
>
> PROBLEM....
>
> Some files were "automatically" re-named FOUND.000, FOUND.001 (and
> so
> on). In those files are were a large number of items "automatically
> re-named FILE0001.CHK, FILE0002.CHK (and so on). When I put my
> cursor over one of these files, it says: "Recovered File Fragment -
> pieces of files found found when your disk was scanned." When I
> actually click on one of those files, the response is: "You are
> attempting to open a file of type 'Recovered File Fragments' (.CHK).
> These files are used by the operating system and by various programs.
> Editing or modifying them could damage your system. If you still want
> to open the file, click Open With, otherwise Cancel.
>
> In addition, what I believe to be a number of INDIVIDUAL photos
> came out with .KPG extensions. When I click on them, here it what it
> says: "Windows cannot open file. To open this file, Windows needs to
> know what program created it. Windows can go online to look it up
> automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs on
> your computer." When I go online, it says the file type .KPG is
> unknown. I don't know what program of my own I should use to open it
> up. Should I just rename everything as .jpg, since most of my photos
> were in that format?
>
> HELP!!
>
> "Kathy G" (frustrated in Los Angeles)

Go to http://filext.com/file-extension/KPG to see what the kpg files
are; something about power goo?

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Regards,

Twayne

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OOo is a GREAT MS Office replacement
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Hey, KPG Files are Kai's Power Goo Graphic Files, opened with:
Metacreations Kai's Power Goo and Scansoft Photo Factory software.

Hope that helped. Next time you want a file exyension description, go to
file-info.net...