Files mysteriously deleted

[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

 

[Dave Patrick]

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.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[Mrich]

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.

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

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

 

[Dave Patrick]

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]

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.

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

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

:
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