There are backups of the ntfs structure table at the end of the partition if i remember correctly. I would agree with above posters and dd it off as a safe copy, then I would play with trying to repair the structure table. If you can get a clean copy from one of the save points, you're much better off than the alternatives.
-Blake On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]>wrote: > If it is that important that you recover them you might try a professional > service BEFORE you go tinkering around yourself. I have used Drive Savers > ( http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/ ) in the past and been very > happy with them. Expensive if you want rush service, not too bad for > normal service. Free to call and contact them anyway. > > Andy > > [No relationship to Drive Savers at all, just a prior customer] > > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Jamie Faris <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Have you tried Recuva? >> >> http://www.piriform.com/recuva >> >> I haven't had to use it (thankfully), but have been using CCleaner and >> Defraggler from Piriform for a few years with great results. >> >> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: >> > ... >> > >> > My most valuable client (wife) has a problem (other than me). She has >> > a disk that has LOTS of data on it, mainly pictures, many are not >> > replaceable. >> > >> > We go to a the drive and can go to g:\My Documents\My Pictures\ >> > and if we know the directory name, we can "cd" directly to a sub >> > directory and files are there. But we don't know all the directory >> > names there. >> > >> > When we do a 'dir' (ls for those that forgot their DOS commands :) it >> > lists many directories, then it says there is a 'directory error', and >> > no additional directories are listed. I am sure they are still there. >> > >> > What I want to do is to use some kind of disk editor to get in and >> > edit the directory entry (it might be a group of entries from a >> > spurious wright.). >> > >> > I think that there may have been a spurious write, but not sure. But >> > for sure there is some 'minor' problem in the directory structure. >> > >> > I have tried several 'recover deleted files' programs, but not >> > everything came back. I found some computer forensics software that >> > should let me edit the drive, but it looks like it can't get sector >> > level access since it is obfuscated behind a USB structure. >> > >> > I could be a big hero to my honey if I can get back even most of the >> > 'lost' pictures. >> > >> > Let the brain trust suggestions flow! (Yes, backups. ... I have >> > already flogged myself more than is healthy over that, now on to >> > solving the problem at hand.) >> > >> > Back in CP/M days I could do this with several programs, but times >> > have changed. ... Help is needed! >> > >> >><> ... Jack >> > Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 >> > "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." — >> > Admiral Grace Hopper, USN >> > "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" >> > - Henry J. Tillman >> > "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - >> > Albert Einstein >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "NLUG" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
