I couldn't open folder with lots of downloaded stuff in it. The files in folder where .avi, .mpeg, .jpg, winrar, etc...

I restarted PC and WinXP automatically did Checkdisk and removed all the files from that folder.

From the free space on disk D: I can see that those files are still somewhere on it.

When I tried Disk Cleanup for D:, I got option to delete "Old Chkdsk files" from "disk drive's root folder".

I didn't, of course, cos those are the missing files. But I don't know how to get to them! I tried search for hidden & system files with no success.

Please, help!

PS: My IT knowledge is rather limited.

I found missing files when I unchecked "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" in Folder Options - View.

They're located in D:\FOUND.001 (that was invisible before). They're all turned into .CHK (Type: Recovered File Fragments) and there's a whole bunch of them.

I'll try to recover them with "UNCHK3" program.

If it doesn't work, since - D:\FOUND.001 - is rather big folder can I delete it or its contents?
Its contents are: FILE0000.CHK, FILE0001.CHK,... to FILE0092.CHK.

These are "protected operating system files" so I'm not sure if it's safe to delete.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by jjuurree

I found missing files when I unchecked "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" in Folder Options - View.

They're located in D:\FOUND.001 (that was invisible before). They're all turned into .CHK (Type: Recovered File Fragments) and there's a whole bunch of them.

I'll try to recover them with "UNCHK3" program.

If it doesn't work, since - D:\FOUND.001 - is rather big folder can I delete it or its contents?
Its contents are: FILE0000.CHK, FILE0001.CHK,... to FILE0092.CHK.

These are "protected operating system files" so I'm not sure if it's safe to delete.

Thanks.

Hi jjuurree Welcome to D-A-L

Have you seen this article on your problem.
How To Recover CHK Files Created by CHKDSK and SCANDISK Raymond.CC Blog

There are a number of free and paid for tools that could recover your files
But non as far as I'm aware guarantee recovery.
I personally use a freeware tool called PC Inspector file recovery from here
PC Inspector FILE RECOVERY
Its always found deleted files for me but I've never used it to recover files removed by chkdsk.

In the article it suggests : -
You can simply rename all your CHK files to the desired extension and see what works. For example,
if you have a Word document file went missing after scandisk, maybe renaming the .chk to .doc might be able to
let you open the Word document. It’s tough to identify because there can be many Filexxxx.CHK files at the root of
your drive and you don’t know which is which.
The biggest problem with that is that the files have had their extension names changed. So identifying them will be hard.

Hope the information helps

Jim

This helped a lot. Thank you, Jim!

Hi jjuurree

Glad it helped

Thanks for letting us know

Jim

I did it.

First I tried 'Unchk3', but either I didn't know how to use it properly, or something else,
but 'Unchk3' went on for about an hour and after it finished, in folder designated for new renamed files was nothing!

Than I tried 'FileCHK' and it took less than 10 seconds (for over 3GB of data!) and managed to rename (recover) about 80% of files: Pics, videos, Rar... Good enough.

After that I did: start–>run–>cmd–> chkntfs /x c: d: which is supposed to cancel automatic Checkdisk at trouble restart. Is that a safe thing to do?

I believe that only works for the next boot.

Also, disabling chkdsk is a bad idea. If you have a corrupted file system,it needs to be fixed or it could continue to get worse to the point your system will not boot.

My recommendation:

1. Buy an external USB 2.0 hard drive, equal to or larger than your internal drive.
2. Buy Acronis True Image 2010 Home or use Macrium Reflect Free or Drive Image XML.
3. Do regular backups of your hard drive

Then if a problem like this occurs in the future, you can recover any lost or damaged data from your backup.

I have a 2nd internal hard drive I backup to on a regular basis (see below) and an external hard drive I backup to every few months.

I use Acronis and have it set to backup every night at 9:30PM. It does one a full backup (30 to 35 minutes) then 13 incremental backups. That gives me two weeks worth of backups to select from. Then it starts over again.

Originally Posted by jjuurree

I did it.

First I tried 'Unchk3', but either I didn't know how to use it properly, or something else,
but 'Unchk3' went on for about an hour and after it finished, in folder designated for new renamed files was nothing!

Than I tried 'FileCHK' and it took less than 10 seconds (for over 3GB of data!) and managed to rename (recover) about 80% of files: Pics, videos, Rar... Good enough.

After that I did: start–>run–>cmd–> chkntfs /x c: d: which is supposed to cancel automatic Checkdisk at trouble restart. Is that a safe thing to do?

Glad to see you got it sorted jjuurree

Thanks for getting back to us and letting us know what worked.

I agree with Ztruckers remarks on chkdsk and the need for
a backup regime.
But the good news is you've recovered most of your lost file
Which D-A-L as been pleased to help you with

Jim

Thanks, everybody.

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