chkdisk

[bb54]

I have a dual boot setup with win98 on the 1st disk(c)
win2000 on the second disk(d)and several programs on the
third disk(e) such as partition magic etc. I also have
several backup copies of autocad, winxp, some sp's and
other misc. files on this disk.I ran chkdisk on each drive
and sometime later noticed that my "e" drive consisted
of one directory called Found.000 containing file001.chk
thru file0143.chk
When I check the properties of these files, which vary in
size, they are either just "general- type:chk file, or
they also have version tabs containing the program names
of most of the programs that were on the drive. What
happened, and is there any way to restore these files?
I would appreciate any information or solutions.
Could they be lost fragment files, and if so is there
any way to restore them? This drive had been defragged,
copied to and from, and programs ran without any problems
until I ran chkdisk. I think I checked the box that said
fix automaticly, and the one that said save lost fragments
as files.
Thanks,
bb54

 

[Dave Patrick]

I doubt there's much you can do short of sending the drive to a recovery
specialist. I wouldn't hold much hope there either. 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. They're not really meant to be recoverable files. You can
open them with a text editor and attempt to copy the parts you need to
another file.

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|I have a dual boot setup with win98 on the 1st disk(c)
| win2000 on the second disk(d)and several programs on the
| third disk(e) such as partition magic etc. I also have
| several backup copies of autocad, winxp, some sp's and
| other misc. files on this disk.I ran chkdisk on each drive
| and sometime later noticed that my "e" drive consisted
| of one directory called Found.000 containing file001.chk
| thru file0143.chk
| When I check the properties of these files, which vary in
| size, they are either just "general- type:chk file, or
| they also have version tabs containing the program names
| of most of the programs that were on the drive. What
| happened, and is there any way to restore these files?
| I would appreciate any information or solutions.
| Could they be lost fragment files, and if so is there
| any way to restore them? This drive had been defragged,
| copied to and from, and programs ran without any problems
| until I ran chkdisk. I think I checked the box that said
| fix automaticly, and the one that said save lost fragments
| as files.
| Thanks,
| bb54
|

 

[BB54]

Thanks dave, I appreciate your quick response. Guess I'm
out of luck. Could have been my system disk, so I suppose
I should be thankful for that.
Thanks,
Bob