Very big folder not showing all files

[michalchik]

I have a folder in which I keep several thousand mp3 sound files. The
folder says it contains 2216 files and 7.16 GB of files but when
viewing the folder I only see items listed through the letter L. I
know that at least some of the files that seem to be missing are still
there because my google desktop search can still find and open the
files starting with later letters, but windows search and win amps
indexing service does not see them, despite the fact that google can
open them for playin winamp.

The only anomoly I have seen associated with this folder is that a few
days ago when I was transfering some mp3's I had just created into
this folder I got a "cyclic reference error" during one of the copying
actions though I can't see why it should have done this. It did this
one more time when I was copying a different file yesterday.

I also found and manually removed a trojan that AVG located yesterday.
It was on a completely different drive and I do not think it was ever
activated though I am not sure how it got there. The disk drive that
has the folders is a secondary hard disk that is fairly old about 5
years.

I would very much like to recover the files on the compromised folder.
It would take me about 20 hours to dig them out of acrhives and
frankly I am not sure I would remember everything that was there are
where to find it.


What should I do?

Thanks,

Michael

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a folder in which I keep several thousand mp3 sound files. The
folder says it contains 2216 files and 7.16 GB of files but when
viewing the folder I only see items listed through the letter L. I
know that at least some of the files that seem to be missing are still
there because my google desktop search can still find and open the
files starting with later letters, but windows search and win amps
indexing service does not see them, despite the fact that google can
open them for playin winamp.

The only anomoly I have seen associated with this folder is that a few
days ago when I was transfering some mp3's I had just created into
this folder I got a "cyclic reference error" during one of the copying
actions though I can't see why it should have done this. It did this
one more time when I was copying a different file yesterday.

I also found and manually removed a trojan that AVG located yesterday.
It was on a completely different drive and I do not think it was ever
activated though I am not sure how it got there. The disk drive that
has the folders is a secondary hard disk that is fairly old about 5
years.

I would very much like to recover the files on the compromised folder.
It would take me about 20 hours to dig them out of acrhives and
frankly I am not sure I would remember everything that was there are
where to find it.


What should I do?

Thanks,

Michael

The error you saw was not a "cyclic reference error" but a
"Cyclic Redundancy Error". It is bad news. It means that
your hard disk has a serious problem. You may be able to see
a complete list of files with some tools but you will find that you
can no longer read all of your files.

You should back up all your important files now, including your
EMail files, then start a Command Prompt and run this command:

chkdsk c: /f /r

On a different subject: I don't think it's a good idea to keep
thousands of files in the one folder. They are hard to manage
and your machine will be slow to access them. Much better to
put them into suitably named subfolder.
suitably named s

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

Maybe they got marked hidden/sys files so change folder options so all
r shown.

Backups? Every 6 months I write data partition image to DVD cause I
could lose 500 pics & never know it!

DONT use real email addy- bots scan here.

HTH-Larry

I have a folder in which I keep several thousand mp3 sound files. The
folder says it contains 2216 files and 7.16 GB of files but when
viewing the folder I only see items listed through the letter L. I
know that at least some of the files that seem to be missing are still
there because my google desktop search can still find and open the
files starting with later letters, but windows search and win amps
indexing service does not see them, despite the fact that google can
open them for playin winamp.

The only anomoly I have seen associated with this folder is that a few
days ago when I was transfering some mp3's I had just created into
this folder I got a "cyclic reference error" during one of the copying
actions though I can't see why it should have done this. It did this
one more time when I was copying a different file yesterday.

I also found and manually removed a trojan that AVG located yesterday.
It was on a completely different drive and I do not think it was ever
activated though I am not sure how it got there. The disk drive that
has the folders is a secondary hard disk that is fairly old about 5
years.

I would very much like to recover the files on the compromised folder.
It would take me about 20 hours to dig them out of acrhives and
frankly I am not sure I would remember everything that was there are
where to find it.


What should I do?

Thanks,

Michael

Any advice is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

 

[HeyBub]

The only anomoly I have seen associated with this folder is that a few
days ago when I was transfering some mp3's I had just created into
this folder I got a "cyclic reference error" during one of the copying
actions though I can't see why it should have done this. It did this
one more time when I was copying a different file yesterday.

CRC is "Cyclic Redundancy Check" and represents a catastrophic hardware
failure. It cannot be generated by any piece of software, including trojans
or viruses. It is a hardware failure.

Depending on the device that generated the error, you may be in a world of
hurt.

 

[proteanthread]

chkdsk c: /f /r

i'm sorry but chkdsk /r does imply /f so no need to do chkdsk /f /r
only a chkdsk /r will do.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

i'm sorry but chkdsk /r does imply /f so no need to do chkdsk /f /r
only a chkdsk /r will do.

I agree: You can save yourself a lot of typing by just running

chkdsk c: /r instead of
chkdsk c: /f /r

 

[michalchik]

Will spin rite help me save thsi drive or at least the data? I know
that data is still there are still readable because programs that
access the files directly still seem to be able to access all of them.

 

[Azagtoth]

I agree: You can save yourself a lot of typing by just running

chkdsk c: /r instead of
chkdsk c: /f /r

LMFAO

Very good. I like that one.

 

[proteanthread]

Will spin rite help me save thsi drive or at least the data? I know
that data is still there are still readable because programs that
access the files directly still seem to be able to access all of them.

It should, maybe not all the data however.