Help Recovering A Drive after ChckDsk problem (filesxxxx.chk) :(

shamnex

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Jul 6, 2013
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Hello,

I just lost (seemingly) almost all my 300GB size files on my 400GB hard drive after trying to convert it from fat 32 to NTFS.

I ran chckdsk before the conversion and noticed all my files were gone and all i could see where loads of files in this manner filesXXX.chk in two folders.

I bought RecoverMyFiles which was able to locate 2 ( one 500gb and 600gb) partitions of which one (600gb) contains almost all my files. But I want to be able to mount the partition. My Problem is that the partition's size is about 600GB and my drive is only 400GB, how is this possible? and what is best way to mount the partition and why are the partitions bigger than the physical drive space? and what software is best for mounting partitions?
 
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Is this an internal or external drive?

You say that you ran CHKDSK *before* the conversion. Why did you attempt to convert the partition if all your files were gone?

Try Partition Find and Mount:
http://findandmount.com/

Which OS are you using?
Is this an internal or external drive?

You say that you ran CHKDSK *before* the conversion. Why did you attempt to convert the partition if all your files were gone?

Try Partition Find and Mount:
http://findandmount.com/

Which OS are you using?
 
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shamnex

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Jul 6, 2013
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Thanks for your response its an external Harddrive. all my files were on it before the conversion. the tutorial I followed said i should run chkdsk before the conversion, I ran chkdsk through CMD and after I also ran the conversion process through CMD, after that was when I found the chkdsk files on my system.

IM running windows 8. I will try find and mount and get back to you. ]

Once again thanks.