Re: [OT] Current recommended disk recovery software (XP) ?

["Andy Whitfield" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had one of my Windows XP partitions refuse to boot.
Kept telling me a file was missing or corrupt.
I booted off my original windows XP CD and selected the 'repair'
option.
This was a mistake as it does bugger all!
What you have to do is select 'Install', THEN select 'fix windows'!
It then appears to be installing windows from scratch but it is
actually fixing windows and doesn't delete any other programs or
settings already installed.

Plus a UPS would be useful.  ;-)

Andy the UPS Man

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@...>
wrote:
>
>        We had a powercut last night and now one of my (XP MCE) PC's
> won't boot.  It appears to be a hard disk error , corrupt system /
> directory.  The IDE drive is visible but the directory wont list.
> Fortunately this wasn't a major data loss but there's one
particular
> file I would like to recover if possible.  Anyone got any
> recommendations as to the current best file/disk recovery
software ?  I
> think things will have moved on from my W98 based Norton
Utilities/Disk
> Doctor  ;-)
>
>        If I can recover the disk to bootable even briefly thatw
ould be
> even better - as I'll be easily able to move my installed Idratek
Cortex
> app to another PC  ( is locked/licensed to one PC).  For the
single file
> recovery - are there any good but free utils anyone is aware of ?
I
> know these two aspects are pretty much mutually exclusive.
>
>       Cheers  Kevin



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