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Ok...I have the following problem: I have had my IDE 250 GB Western Digital internal HDD for a while now, and I have been using it as a file dump/backup storage device. Of course, when I got my Plextor Premium CD burner, I had to take one of my 4 IDE devices out and try the new burner. I took out my 250GB HDD, simply because I use it infrequently and only for archiving/backup. Then I remembered I needed a file off of it, and put it back in to my computer, same IDE channel, same configuration, everything, and now, it shows up as a 130-some-odd GB drive under Windows XP (SP2). And, all my files seem to have disappeared somewhere. When I go to properties though, it shows that the drive is almost full, (showing the wrong capacity, 137 GB I think with like 4 GB free). So I believe my files are still there, intact somewhere, I just can't see them. I could really use some good ideas with this one guys. I would prefer not to do any destructive actions like re-formating until I am absolutely sure there is no way to recover my files. I have tried several hard drive recovery tools to scan for my files, and they do find stuff, but it's all weird files that are not of my own making. I realize the limitations of some older BIOSes and operating systems to correctly see hard drive size but this is not the issue, because it was seen correctly before, so I would appreciate no posts to this effect. I basically took out my HD, put it back in a couple of days later, and this problem popped up. Nor is the drive physically damaged in any way, or old, or worn out (bad heads, cylinders etc.) HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!
SuckRaven
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