The Scary Problem... Part Ii

[giogiocn]

Ok, so, I haven't written anything to this drive and I haven't committed any changes that

the recovery softwares offered due to the promisse that maybe I can still recover my files.

All apps keep saying that the disk has 54 megs used but the files inside the directory are

not there.

Yesterday I tried window's chkdsk on the drive and it turns out it gave me more information

that any of the other tools I had used. At least it said that there's an error on the drive.

This is the information I got from it:

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The type of the file system is FAT32
Volume serial number is 412A-875B
Windows is verifying files and folders...
Unrecoverable error on folder \01 MAIN BACKUP
Convert folder to file (Y/N)?
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The thing is, I don't quite understand what this means. I mean what's gonna happend if I

convert the directory into a file?!! Is that any good or what? I mean, can I recover the

files from that file or what's the idea behind making the folder a file? I closed the DOS

promt without making any changes, so I assume the drive is still as it was after the error

happened.

How bad is this? Is there any chance that I get my files back?

[EzyStvy]

Part 1 from a couple weeks ago is here:
http://www.pcmech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=180338

[TwoRails]

Your chances are pretty slim to recover the files. The real choice is for some serious file recovery procedures: read: take it to a pro. Converting it to a file and try to hack it yourself is, in real life, nearly impossible. So be prepared to spend money or just plain old bite the bullet.