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  1. This will work, but it will take a long time. - Download & burn Ubuntu live to a CD (free) - Run Ubuntu directly off the CD instead of the install option. Now you can see your files. *Better idea... Purchase a laptop external USB 2 enclosure. Drop the laptop drive into it & recover the files. Now, you can format & fix windows!
  2. Try Handy Recovery. It specializes in recovering from partitions that are RAW/lost/damaged/resized/deleted
  3. You want Handy Recovery for this. It can read/recover from damaged/lost/RAW partitions. Recuva cannot. It doesn't scan for them. They simply are not there to Recuva!
  4. You are doing something wrong. CCleaner CAN remove all temp files, but you have to untick the option in advanced settings about leaving files that are 24 hours old. The reason this is there, is because many installers/antispyware product updates/programs will leave files in the temp dir to update on reboot. Clearing them before the update (reboot) is applied, could result in system instability or even a failure to boot.
  5. mr don

    Memory issue

    - Shutdown your PC - Disconnect a drive from each Raid Array & reboot, try it again. - If this solves the problem, check the switches for correct Master/Slave setup on the drives themselves. - If this doesn't solve the problem, connect the drives (1 drive, non raid array) directly to the MoBo instead of a Raid Card & see if that solves the problem. - If this still doesn't solve the problem, try connecting a flash drive or some other drive & see what it does without the other drives installed/running.
  6. I have seen similar on XP, although not the 140% lately. - Uninstall the version of Defraggler you have, then download the latest & install that. - CClean all user accounts - Reboot - Try defragging again & see what it does!
  7. To do the best defrag & recover the most free space do this: - CClean all user accounts to remove trash from all the users on your PC - Right click my computer/properties & disable system restore/OK. This can free several GB sometimes. - Reboot & hit f8 key every second or so, till the option to boot into Safe Mode appears, then enter Safe Mode - Run defraggler, then re-enable sys restore & reboot! *Running in safe mode runs with minimal processes loaded, so files that are normally locked can be moved. This does not unlock all files, but it helps!
  8. If you have system restore enable in Vista, you may be able to sys restore the connected drive + windows back to the date you know you had that file. Additionally, Handy Recovery is a very good undelete program capable of recovering data from lost/RAW partitions, resized/deleted partitions, password protected user accounts. It CANNOT recover files that have been secure wiped, but it is well worth the $$$. Trust me, I know! Hope this helps!
  9. As usual, Recuva has trouble both with RAW files & RAW partitions. Handy Recovery, if you get the full version, will scan for, find, & recover all your data from your drive. It is well worth the money. This will never be solved by Recuva until it can scan for/see RAW partitions. Recuva can only recover what it "sees" & it definitely cannot see a RAW drive!
  10. It is not just RAW files that Recuva has trouble with. It also has trouble with RAW partitions, while other data recovery util can scan for these lost partitions, recover all the date!
  11. Now, if they have been over-written, it may be hard to recover. Handy Recovery cannot recover from a secure wiped drive, but it can recover from password protected user accounts, deleted files, deleted/changed partitions, RAW/lost partitions, etc. I used it and it is great! Just need the full version to be able to recover. I believe they have a version 1 for free, but vers 3 & 4 are both far more powerful. Other options to try are... System Restore back to a working date, or try to remember if there is a backup copy/zipped archive with the same data somewhere on the drive. System Restore may not work if the files are in the My Documents folder(s) as they are protected from changes made during restore, I believe! Hope this helps!
  12. There is a program called Handy Recovery that is very easy to use, & recovers from deleted files, deleted partitions, raw partitions, re-partitioned drives, formats, long formats, & encrypted user accounts in XP. I believe it can do the same in Vista. If it cannot recover the files, they probably cannot be recovered. It will NOT recover from a drive that has been secure wiped, so unless you did that, it should be recoverable!
  13. - CCleaner only removes old prefetch entries. Not empty the folder. - CCleaner must have the option unticked under advanced settings to clear all temp files, otherwise, files in there for the last 24 to 48 hours will remain. Usually a small amount, left there on purpose for a good reason. Installers such as system patchers, etc, use the %temp% folder to store files to patch system areas on boot. If CCleaner totally eradicated all entries, it would erase even these files, & cause a botched patch process, or even an unstable/unusable windows system as a result! *CCleaner must be run under each user account, as CCleaner does not support checking other user accounts for temp files (dangerous to scan for file types, because TMP might be a temp file, or a calendar template & ruin certain programs from running) for 2 reasons. It is dangerous, & many users encrypt their accounts with a password. CCleaner is one of the safest, easiest to use cleaners around due to it checking only the folders it needs to clean, instead of scanning for file content types. This requires more work to update, but is well worth the effort/speed/safety it brings!
  14. This is totally untrue. Handy Recovery can scan for lost partitions & recover your blank "RAW" partition. All your files are still there. Recuva does not work, because it can't see a partition or drive, & you can't recover what you don't see! Recuva just doesn't scan for RAW or lost partitions. Handy Recovery does. Handy Recovery will recover from a formatted drive, long formatted drive, partitioned drive, repartitioned drive, deleted files, & also password protected user accounts. Recuva only recovers what it can see, which only works when it can see a drive letter. In addition, it fails to work on password protected user accounts!
  15. Here is how to fix your problem. Before I tell you how to fix it, I will tell you the things that went wrong. You mentioned that you had 100 GB data on the drive. You also mentioned removing the USB cord without first running the disconnect util. Do not worry, all your data is still there, & it can easily be recovered back. What went wrong is either that your drive entered a RAW format mode, & will show as a "blank" drive. Formatting in windows or cleaning/partitioning does NOT erase this data, not even long format. Quick format is recoverable, full format is recoverable, because quick format just rewrites the beginning sectors of the drive to make the drive appear blank to windows. It is impossible to destroy hundreds of gigs of data in a few seconds, when it takes 1/2 hour to several hours copying data to the drive depending on machine specs. All that is different in long format & short, is long checks for bad sectors to mark them bad, but it still leaves the data intact. To totally destroy the data, you would have to run an eraser program that literally overwrites each block on the drive. Now, here is how you can get your data back. You must firstly know that Windows XP does have a 138 GB harddisk limitation. It will recognize drives larger, but if you actually have data, when your drive approaches the 138 GB data mark, it WILL at some point, become corrupted unless you have these 2 items on your drive. At least SP1, OR SP2, OR SP3 in addition to the 48 bit reg patch to enable it to see larger drives up to 2 TB. I recommend SP2, as SP1 is outdated, SP3 has bugs that interfere with certain software running, & SP2 seems to be the most commonly used/stable at the moment. It may be possible that if you were running XP with no Service Pack, that once you install the Service Pack & the 48 bit logical block addressing registry patch, that your data will show up on the external drive after you reboot once you have installed that on your PC. If it still does not show up, the following is 100% guaranteed to fix your problem. Here is what you will need to do to get your data back: * Get a harddisk that is larger than the drive you have your data on & install XP + SP2 + 48 bit reg patch. Ask me for my email if you still need help with this... * Connect your drive containing your data to USB 2 slot on your PC using an external harddisk enclosure box. * Use Handy Recovery to recover your data. Recuva WILL NOT show your data on a RAW drive, not even version 1.34. Handy Recovery WILL. Handy recovery does support scanning for lost partitions, which is what your drive will have. You will show a lost partition is an NTFS or FAT 32 partition, depending on which one you had windows/your programs installed to that Handy Recovery will find & allow you to recover it in full to your drive. After you recover it, a quick format to the drive you just recovered the data from will restore the NTFS partition back. Recuva will not work, because it does not scan for lost partitions & therefore is unable to recover because it doesn't see the lost partition. You can never recover what you don't see, & Recuva just doesn't see a RAW partition! Handy Recovery supports NTFS/Fat 32/Fat 16/Fat 12/Linux parts etc. Handy Recovery will recover from formatted drives, repartitioned drives, deleted files, "blank" or RAW mode drives. Handy Recovery will recover files locked in password protected user accounts on XP (recover at a low level below the OS password protection). Handy Recovery will NOT recover from drives that have been secure wiped with utilities such as Heidi Eraser. This does not mean government agencies cannot use utilities to read to the left, right, or underside of a track for "ghost" images, nor does it mean they cannot use electron scanning microscopes or other util/methods to recover data. It DOES mean that unless you overwrote all the data on your drive, it IS still there & it IS recoverable. I have done it when it happened to mine, & I know for a fact that what I said up here is all 100% true. If you need help, I will help you direct on yahoo to recover 100% of your lost data, if you need it. Thanks! mr_rogers_2007 on yahoo if you need help!
  16. mr don

    Feature request

    Of course it is possible! Go to the crucial mem website & download their mem scanner. It shows ram slots used/not used & what kind/speed mem is in each slot. It is only a matter of implementing it when they get time!
  17. Recuva does fine, ordinarily, but after wiping with Eraser, & it shows 0 KB files to recover, but it cannot delete them because they are 0 KB (nothing to erase?) Is this fixable? I do hope I can wipe 0 kb files, if for nothing else, to get them gone! Thanks!
  18. I noticed when running Defraggler, that the apparent MFT size (purple) can grow to astoundingly huge sizes, even 50% of a drive. This seems to be remedied by running freeware Heidi Eraser. It seems that Eraser cleans: - Free Disk Space (and Master File Table Records) - Cluster Tip Area - Directory Entries. After that, the MFT shrinks & I can defrag the drive to normal levels again! I believe this is possible with wipe free space in CCleaner, but sometimes I don't need to run CCleaner in order to wipe the free space because I have temp files I don't need to lose that I am working on while working on external drives as well! Any option to add a right-click/Clean Free Space? This would make it sooooo easy! Then I can clean the free space of many drives! Perhaps have an option to right-click & select Clean Free Space & then a window to select how many times! Preselect 1, 3, 7, 35, or custom! Thanks! P.S. Please let me know what you think about this idea? Sometimes I have to defrag external drives, so I really need to be able to shrink the MFT space without having to fully run ccleaner!
  19. I tried to recover data recently from a harddisk that I connected externally to a USB drive enclosure to read it on my pc. First, I tried Recuva to see if it would recover any data at all from that user folder, & it failed to see anything. Next, I tried Handy Recovery, & when I navigated to that directory, all the data was visible & recoverable. I was just wondering if there is something that Recuva is missing or isn't checking that Handy Recovery is? Perhaps it is reading at a lower level than Recuva is? Why is Handy Recovery able to recover all the data on the password protected user account & Recuva cannot? It is a standard password protected XP Pro account, E:/Documents and Settings/Emanuel Just wondering if there is a way of scanning to produce more results that Recuva is missing? I am puzzled by what Handy Recovery is doing different that Recuva isn't... Also, some drive have a long scan time, especially large ones. There is a pause on Defraggler, so why not Recuva as well?
  20. No, no, your getting it all wrong. What I meant by off-center is this. The pie is done in 3-D & transparent. That is fine. You can see the used space & free space clearly when it is say, 25% for example, or even 50%, but around 75% or so, the 3-D pie lines that for the outer edges appear to blend right into the pie, instead of being clearly defined. By contrast, the MS pie chart on free space, being dead on top view, it is clear to see no matter how much space you use. An idea I thought of, is what if they had a line, kind of like Vista has, where it shows the free space instead of a pie? In Vista, when you go to My Computer, all drives are represented by a bar that shows free space. It is a graphic that would be impossible to mess up on, & would probably use just a tiny bit less processor power to draw... (Not that Defraggler uses that much, but hey, every little bit helps!) What I am saying is, you look at a drive that is 25% full, then look at this one. The 75% full one, the lines that make the edge seem to merge into the pie instead of forming an outer edge. You are looking at about 95% of an outer edge rather than an actual pie slice, which may confuse other users. I am sorry about the confusion. Perhaps I should have been more clear? I will take the blame for that.
  21. I can tell you from personal experience, while it is true that it will decay as time passes, it also depends on if you are adding files or moving things around, etc, or if you are just attempting to just start from where you were last time. Handy Recovery has a session save state, & it really does come in handy. Why? If you have a larrrrrge drive, scan times can be enormous, & they can also be enormous on drives that are going bad. With the ability to save the session state, then, if something happens to the drive, at least you do not have to re-scan & risk further decay of files on an already wearing out drive. You can simply import the last saved session state, load the files found from the last state, & if you haven't been adding to or deleting files from the drive, it should be fine. Sure, new files like system restore states may get added, but I usually have those turned off to eliminate the possibility of introducing new data to the old drive. I can tell you, in some cases, session save CAN be a lifesaver. In fact, on a dying drive, it just may be the difference in getting your data back (or not!). HandyRecovery does have this feature, & it works beautifully. Additionally, making it easier to recover the most common compressed file types & disk image types would really, really be a benefit to those who use lots of zip or iso container files. I have seen in time past, drives that Recuva had problems recovering data from because the drive would be connected, & I would be copying data over to another drive. Pfffooofff! The drive locks up, hard. Only way to reset it is, gulp, cut off power. Cut on power. After the power came back on, the drive worked fine, but your NTFS partition suddenly, magically disappears to be replaced by a "blank" RAW partition! When working with files, it works much better to choose copy files first, because if you are moving them & it crashes mid move, whatever was being processed you just lost! Usually, just enough to corrupt that file or make you lose an important .dll or something that was responsible for making the program run. At least by doing copy, if it locks up, you still have that file on the drive to recover in full. After a successful copy, then you can delete it off the drive. Now, here is the thing. You cannot recover files if you cannot see the partition they are on. Recuva can see C: / D: / E: etc as long as they are working right. Handy Recovery can see not only those, but it can also scan for "lost" partitions, aka, your drive went to RAW (& blank)? No problem! It will show you the lost partition(s) & after you select which one you want to recover from, you are back in business! Handy Recovery really does recover lost partitions & also from password protected user accounts. That also saves your hide if you get locked out of your account, or your saved P-word on your account somehow gets corrupted & you really NEEEED to get your data back. I will have to test Recuva to see if it can pass those tests. If it cannot, I still have to use Handy Recovery for serious recovery jobs. P.S. I also alerted Handy Recovery to the way W7 had a different allocation size, throwing off the data recovery attempts with Recuva that resulted in 50% of a file being recovered. I am aware of the fix for Recuva, but I noted that Handy Recovery still advertised the XP/Vista versions. I am unaware at the moment if they are affected by that, but I heads upped them on the situation just in case they were, so they can issue a fix. Hopefully, you can see more about what I am talking about here with the additional information I just posted.
  22. Recuva is great, but can a couple features be added? If you are recovering from a large drive, sometimes you don't have the time to scan it in full at the moment, but say, you get 50% through & they have to leave, so you have to stop. Next time, it has to run all over again on the same drive. What about the options to: - Save the current scan session & restore it later to save time - Scan for lost partitions (Drives that go into RAW mode & "lose" the NTFS partition... Handy Recovery can do this, so I know it IS possible) --> Handyrecovery dot com - Scan for common compressed files (Lots of users need the ability to find zip, 7zip, rar etc compressed files) - Scan for common image files (I use ISO a lot, but others may use IMG or other types, the most common types are fine - Define a custom filter of search only for this or that type I realize adding a few more options may increase complexity of the select screen, but couldn't you put an option to just simply select search for Custom Filters, or maybe Additional Filters & have the ability to search for compressed files, image files, or user defined files in this grouping? Let me know what you think, please! Thanks! P.S. I haven't tried it yet with Recuva to see if it can pull this off, but I know Handy Recovery can recover data from password protected user accounts. I aim to try it sometime coming up just to see what it will do.
  23. If anyone else has this problem, try either downloading the portable version of defraggler, or get the slim edition to see if that does the same way. Additionally, can try installing it to your flash drive from a "good" machine that you borrow from a friend, then run from your flash drive, or copy it to your C:/Program Files/Defraggler directory & create a shortcut on the desktop. Thanks!
  24. I was at a friends house recently, & when running Defraggler, I noted the pie chart image looking like the attached image. The pie chart being off-center seems to work fine, up till around 60% full or more, then it starts to look more & more pinched. The lines that draw the empty pie seem to run together right into the used space. I know this is a 3D pie chart, but perhaps the pie can be tilted more dead-on, or maybe closer together lines or something. Thanks for such a great product!
  25. To address both of you at once. Mozilla is the company that creates the product called Firefox. I tested IE 6 on acid tests online the other day, just for kicks to see how well it did. IE 6, ironically, is far more stable than 7 or 8 is, despite not having tabs. It failed all 3 acid tests. IE only got 11 out of 100 on the 3rd test, so it flunked miserably. Firefox 3.5.5 passed the 1st 2 acid tests perfectly, & the 3rd one it got a 93 out of 100 on. Firefox 3.6 beta did even better, at 96 out of 100 on the acid test. The memory leak is not a bug, it is a feature. In IE, if you encounter a script that causes IE to crash, you lost all your tabs. IE fails horridly at even attempting to recover tabs. I tested IE on tabs before, & I had it crash on 1 tab, 4 tabs, & even got to 20 before crashing before. Firefox is not totally invulnerable, but I did get to 1611 tabs in FF one time before having to close them because the system started to slow down a lot. Firefox leaks mem because for each tab you have open, it keeps a history so it can go forward or back, in addition to undo close tab, & a couple other features that use mem in FF. You can use IE if you want, but that's like surfing the web without a condom. Active X in IE causes more "driveby" automatic downloads that I care to list. Firefox saves me a lot of trouble & time. I am not saying firefox is perfect, & it does use a little mem, but give me security, stability, functionality, & ease of use over a browser that uses less mem but constantly crashes any day!
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