Lost All My Music,yes,25 Gig Is Missing!

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

:blink: :( Listen to me and I will try to explain what happened.............

Do any of you know a good file recovery program?I was moving my music files to another location,when the computer locked up,I did the 3 finger salute and all the music that was in that folder was gone?Now the location I was moving them to does not show my music that I lost,but it is there,how do I know it is there you ask?I right click and check properties,24.3 gig shows up,when there is only like 2 files in that folder,I use the search for mp3s,the search shows me all the mp3s I lost in that folder,I also double clicked one of the mp3s that the search result gave me and it played.My mp3s are there.....but they are not there,I can not recover them,its like they are in the Twilight Zone.Any help would be appreciated.......I will not post for a whole month on this board if you can help me recover my files. :(


Going to the bar,I can't imagine losing all of them movie scores,some of them were rare,only 1500 copies ever made,got them from a guy in Japan. :blink: :( :huh:

[El_Jefe]

Have tried the "Find" function in the start menu?
You can also try using the "view" function in Windows Explorer, select view tab and select show all hidden files, see if they show up.

[the flinger]

how about checking your hard drive space.
if it has gone up by 25 gigs, you are in trouble. dont do anything except download norton recovery or soemthing try to do it in a nother folder and use that

[jetje]

becuase you're still able to play the music i assume the files you see are mp3? what is the file size? You're sure you ain't got everything zipped or so? Did you by mistake made a new dir, ahidden one?
At least give us the status?

[El_Jefe]

Love your new avatar, Jetje. :D

[Mirai Trunks]

i think you just put hide files.. where they're invisible but still there and cant be clicked on.. so u havent lost them theyre just hidden.. i dont know how to make em appear again but one way is by using ms-dos/or that other name it had go to that directory and it would show up

[jetje]

Originally posted by El_Jefe@Nov 22 2002, 02:02 AM
Love your new avatar, Jetje. :D
changed it for a few hours didn't think it's apropiate at this sad moment. Curious how FC is doing. If this would happen too me i think i went nuts.

[El_Jefe]

I think he'll be alright. The fact that he can still play them, and that the space they're taking up is still shows, will probably mean they're recoverable.
I guess it's a good thing you changed your avatar back. I was getting dizzy watching those things bounce all over the place. I could focus on what I was doing :)

[Sneepboy]

Good Luck Funky C.
Try to have as little disk activity until this is sorted out. Just the other day at work, my entire documents & settings folder disappeared when our systems administrator was putting a new video card in my computer. One of the first things he did was.........get this................DEFRAGGED! A little tip from your bud sneepboy.................DONT DO THAT!
Idea: Does anyone have a small undelete utility (maybe shareware or something) they could email him?

Good luck Dude

[SiliconeShadow]

hey Funky, thats the norm for Windows XP you didn't mention thats what you use but I am assuming it is, the same thing happened to me looks like Windows wants you to think it just happens, there must be a setting to turn that off somewhere. Basically it DOES NOT SHOW File copy progress. It may have seemed locked up-but Microsoft likes to call that a feature!


If thats not the case then try this search at ZDNet
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3120-20-0.h...over&tg=dl-2001 (http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=file+recover&tg=dl-2001)

I ran it for you already the very first seems promising:
File Recover 2.61
Scan your disk drives for any deleted files and restore them.


Good Luck,
shadow

[deckard]

Dude! Do you have system restore disks? Or alternately, you could attempt the system restore routine...I'm betting that they're not gone at all, just suspended in some strange condition and System Restore, back to some convenient date will bring it back up...tho everything you've installed since then will not be there...good luck, my friend...(You using Windows ME or one of the NT things?)

[deckard]

& What is more I really want to see your posts so don't stop for a month, OK? :(

[Mirai Trunks]

theyre not gone! look go try writting on notepad right clicking and put hide! there its there,unclickable,and invisible but its still there! ;)
EDIT: u using XP? if u are just go to system restore and restore to last saved time tho.. u might loose some files.. dont do dystem restore YET!!!!!!!

[StylinProfilin]

i lost over 100 gigs of files and music when my dad turned off the pc w/o clicking start/shutdown

i got a error message that hal.dll was deleted or could not be found...

i was devastated

but im now working back up

right now- kazaa lite (634 mb) :D

[Mirai Trunks]

I GOT SOUTION :P
(go 2 folder where all missing files are at)Tools > Folder Options > View > select 'show hidden files and folders' - generally not recommended if you have more than one person use the comp

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

:D I think I have found a way to get them back,don't ask how please.I have found them and am now moving them all back,the only problem is it is going to take me 2 days at least to get them all back,I have to make folders for every album I had,was somewhere around 300 or more. :( :blink:

Thanks for all the suggestions guys,thank god I got beer in the fridge to hold me over while I move them all back. :D

My little mp3s are safe and are back in daddys hands that is all that matters,I will never lose you again my little sweet precious things(did I just say that out loud). :D

[deckard]

Oh yeah I forgot! You're networking a few computers, right? They're going to be in hidden folders...You are using Windows 2000 aren't you...oops just saw Mirai Trunks reply...is that where they were?

& your reply just came up. Glad to have you back, dude. Don't scare me like that. Wasn't even my stuff.

[deckard]

:) Tho now that I think of it, it was so cool that everybody was there to help, and fast too...just like paras at an emergency... :) :)

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

Originally posted by deckard@Nov 21 2002, 11:58 PM
:) Tho now that I think of it, it was so cool that everybody was there to help, and fast too...just like paras at an emergency... :) :)
:D Yeah I love this place,we may have disagreements or don't get along sometimes,but when it comes to music we are all freinds. :D

[deckard]

All good families squabble, don't they? But when that severed artery happens, it's good to know that we rally...

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

:D Got them all back,only took 4 hours and 8 beers. :D .......Daddy got his precious babys back. :D


Thanks guys. :D

[deckard]

FC -- in my book that's fairly moderate consumption. Possibly slightly above norm but nothing that S.L. Clemens (Mark Twain) would have disapproved of...& under the circumstances I might have contributed a good deal more to the Coors family...Cheers, dude! There are few things that feel better than rescuing a PC from the brink of extinction!