Any way to recover folders converted to files by Scandisk?

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RE: PC Running Windows XP Professional

I'm assisting a friend whose computer was recently
affected by both the Blaster and Nachi viruses. While the
PC has been cleaned, there have been a few hangovers.

This morning when his computer was booted, it
automatically went into Scandisk, which targeted the
Program Files folder. It methodically went down the list
of subfolders, reported them as damaged and unrecoverable,
asked if it should convert these folders to files,
answered it's own question with a yes, and did exactly
that. Before he was able to stop the computer, it had
converted several critical program folders to nothing more
than an 8kb file, including the common files, Microsoft
Office, Outlook Express, and so on.

Is there any way to convert these files back to folders /
recover the data that's been lost when this procedure ran?

Thanks for any help someone might be able to provide with
this.

 

[Rich Barry]

Check here http://www.software-recovery.com/

 

[CS]

RE: PC Running Windows XP Professional

I'm assisting a friend whose computer was recently
affected by both the Blaster and Nachi viruses. While the
PC has been cleaned, there have been a few hangovers.

This morning when his computer was booted, it
automatically went into Scandisk, which targeted the
Program Files folder. It methodically went down the list
of subfolders, reported them as damaged and unrecoverable,
asked if it should convert these folders to files,
answered it's own question with a yes, and did exactly
that. Before he was able to stop the computer, it had
converted several critical program folders to nothing more
than an 8kb file, including the common files, Microsoft
Office, Outlook Express, and so on.

Is there any way to convert these files back to folders /
recover the data that's been lost when this procedure ran?

Thanks for any help someone might be able to provide with
this.

Unfortunately for your friend they're probably gone forever. It's
just as well since they were reported as damaged anyway, the chances
of recovering any data from them were slim at best.

Be sure to remind your friend the importance of having backups. Too
late for now but at least he can be prepared in the future.