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Tashawl - 07 Jul 2004 04:56 GMT

Yes I'm having some problems with file recovery. Well I'm running
Windows 98 SE & Mandrake Linux 8.1 on my Compaq Presario. Anyways
from Linux I moved a folder about 4.3 gigs from my Windows to Linux
then back to Windows. Now once I rebooted back into Windows the files
weren't there but C: properties showed used disk space as if the files
were there. I used Restoration 2.(something) it showed all my files I
was missing, but when I tried to copy them to a different drive it's
an a format like this

ýg[›DÈ}‡›JóÃ`n2–v

Can anyone help if possible?

Thanks in advance.

tashawl

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philo - 07 Jul 2004 20:52 GMT

> Yes I'm having some problems with file recovery. Well I'm running
> Windows 98 SE & Mandrake Linux 8.1 on my Compaq Presario. Anyways
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> tashawl

win98 (fat32) does not support files over 4 gigs

if you want to use "windows" for files over 4 gigs , you will need to use
NTFS...
therefore win2k or XP

note: Linux does not necessarily support NTFS but you can use something
called
captiveNTFS
http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/

once you get rid of your win98 and go with an NT based OS using NTFS

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Tashawl - 09 Jul 2004 00:14 GMT

> > Yes I'm having some problems with file recovery. Well I'm running
> > Windows 98 SE & Mandrake Linux 8.1 on my Compaq Presario. Anyways
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> once you get rid of your win98 and go with an NT based OS using NTFS

Thanks for your help, but what I was wondering is if I can recover my
files that where lost. When I try they come out with a format like
this

ý g[› D È } ‡ ›JóÃ`n2 –v

Is there a way I can fix this. I used Restoration 2.15.4 or something
like that to recover my files but the format is as stated above.

Thanks again

Tashawl

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Lil' Dave - 18 Jul 2004 11:12 GMT

> > > Yes I'm having some problems with file recovery. Well I'm running
> > > Windows 98 SE & Mandrake Linux 8.1 on my Compaq Presario. Anyways
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> Tashawl

Try using search these search words in combination in google: "forensic"
"MD5"

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