Posted by VP2EZ on 10/22/05 12:36

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:58:19 +0800, spodosaurus
<spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote:

>Game On wrote:
>> I have a Maxtor 120GB external hard drive (drive E) that i keep all my
>> music on. Tonight i was trying to copy an ALBW from my external to my C
>> Drive and i got this yellow triangle by my clock. It was an error message of
>> some sort. So i shut everything down and restarted. Now when i go to my
>> external drive all my music from M-Z is gone. A through M is still
>> there........it was only a minute that all this happened. I find it hard to
>> believe 20GB's plus are gone in that short of time.
>>
>> It appears that i didnt get ANY space back on my drive so i think their
>> there i just cant see or access them.
>>
>> Anyone ever have this happen to them and what did you do to get them back?
>> This sucks..........suggestions please.
>>
>>
>
>Download the hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic software. Run it. If
>you really want to make sure you preserve your data, make an image of
>the drive before you do ANYTHING else. Otherwise, have backups next time.
>
>Ari



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