Posted by George Hester on 10/23/05 17:17

"Game On" <none@none.none> wrote in message
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> OK, what is another alternative? Anything work better than that? I still
> have 8 hours to go on the scan.
>
> "Saul Levy" <saullevy1@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:t1kjl1pq819f006q8icou7o786pn62bv5q@4ax.com...
> >I guess you could do that.
> >
> > Saul Levy
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:37:10 GMT, "Game On" <none@none.none> wrote:
> >
> >>LOL kinda late now. I found another computor to hitch it to with
available
> >>HD space, gonna give it another go. After this getdataback program
> >>runs.....you save the files to the computors HD then transfer them back
to
> >>the External? Am i right about that?
> >>
> >>
> >>"Saul Levy" <saullevy1@cox.net> wrote in message
> >>news:kmsil1l6fhk2ihv5dc0f4cuev242r3do2k@4ax.com...
> >>> Don't buy Maxtor?
> >>>
> >>> Saul Levy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 06:22:19 GMT, "Game On" <none@none.none> 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.
>
>

Chances are you've hosed the drive now. Maybe not but more than likely.
You should have made sure all your connections to the drives were snug.
Game on this happened to me last night after a power failure. But I did
nothing drastic and all is well doing what I suggested you try.

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George Hester
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