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Is there a way to recover a hard disk that is unreadable
after chkdsk was interupted by a power failure. Chkdsk
was recovering files when the power went out and now the
entire disk is showing as unreadable, file by file.

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"Solas" wrote:

| Is there a way to recover a hard disk that is unreadable
| after chkdsk was interupted by a power failure. Chkdsk
| was recovering files when the power went out and now the
| entire disk is showing as unreadable, file by file.

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So are you saying you can see the files but they are unreadable? You might
need third party recovery software. Do a search for "recovery software" or
"data recovery software" etc. A popular title is Ontrack which has a demo
here http://www.ontrack.com/freesoftware/ However the demo will not restore
your data but it will let you see what's there.

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"Solas" <solassolas@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to recover a hard disk that is unreadable
> after chkdsk was interupted by a power failure. Chkdsk
> was recovering files when the power went out and now the
> entire disk is showing as unreadable, file by file.

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