XPost: alt.indows-xp   
   From: phamp@mindspring.com   
      
   greetings and Salutations   
      
   Drive D: had some corrupt directory entries.  I could rename some of the   
   entries (I could not delete them) as a work around to get some   
   functionality.  But after a reboot and a chkdsk, drive D is now   
   unformatted.  I do not want to format it, I want my data back (Yes, Yes.   
   80% is backed up.  The rest was scheduled for "right after we get this   
   restored.)   
   	Help!  Now what?   
      
   Pruning WinXP on an AMD system.  Two Seagate drives; C (for Clyde) and   
   D:  (Used to be E for Elvis but "things changed").  Two weeks ago,   
   trying to install a DVD drive, everything went kablooie.  DVD drive   
   died, and Windows went half in the tank.  Much cussing, swearing and   
   gnashing of teeth.   
   	Try to fix the windows installation.  No Joy.  Do manage to rip the   
   data off Clyde to back up media. (pull drive, stuff in external drive   
   box, plug into a different computer.)   
   	Install Windows to new directory (C:\WinXP).  Can't get files and   
   settings to transfer, will have to live with it.) Reinstalling software,   
   drivers, cup holders, trying to recover music files (that had been the   
   80% which was backed up.)  Was walking down the directory tree, and   
   renaming every directory which could not be opened due to "corruption of   
   the file" by prefixing "_ Corrupted " to the filename.  E.G. "Jazz"   
   became "_Corrupted Jazz".  Finished that up, and ran Chkdsk, rebooted,   
   and it gave it a clean bill of health, as it doesn't handle "RAW"   
   drives.  Properties tell me I have "0 used, and 0 free".  Not good.   
      
   Any advice on how to fix this?  What might have happened?  Using   
   Seagates website to run their Drive tests, tell me the hardware is   
   working.  Question is, is it possible to recover the data, or am I up a   
   creek w/o a paddle?   
      
   pyotr   
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   pyotr filipivich   
   What is normal?   
   "Two sigmas either side of mu.   
    You bring the cow."   drieux.   
      
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