[Hidden files cannot be recovered?]

"The System cannont find the file specified."

 

I believe because before this harddrive went kaputz I was on XP and the images were hidden.

 

I am now on Windows 7 and the reason I couldnt recover them before the harddrive crashed in the first place was becuase I didn't have ownership.

 

 

Cliffnotes:

 

Hidden files on XP cannot be found by recuva?? They show up as green files, is there a way to recover them?

[Stops at 13%]

Thanks Richard,

 

For what its worth I have let it run for a few hours now and it is up to 15%, but I think I am going to go ahead and use the low level repair tool you mentioned to see if that works. If not I will let recuva run until it gets a fatal error or something.

 

Thanks for the reply

Corey

[Stops at 13%]

I am running in advanced with search for non-deleted checked.

 

The harddrive is an external enclosure made from my old tower's main drive that gave me a S.M.A.R.T. warning when booting up and I am now just getting around to trying to recover it.

 

But like I said:

 

1. It sees the harddrive, although says "parameters not found" or similar error when I try to browse in it, just like explorer does(btw I am using 7 if that makes a difference)

2. It starts off pretty quick gets up to 13%

3. Says like 30 seconds left then just stops there and the estimated time left just continuously rises.

 

No matter what I am searching for, the folder name, or just pictures in general it gets stuck at 13%. Am I totally helpless in getting these photos off the drive?

 

If reuva can't save it from a damaged drive will any of the pay for programs do a better job?

 

Thanks for your time,

Corey