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Re: Empty Documents and Settings folder after missing or corrupt windows error

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 8:01 AM, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Tom Jedrzejewicz wrote:
SpinRite is worth a shot ... http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm Costs
about $90, money back guaranteed. I have used it to recover from similar
problems.

FWIW: I've *never* had spinrite repair a drive sufficiently to be able to
retrieve data from it.


YMMV, but it has worked for me, and if the alternative is a recovery service
(well over $1000), it is likely worth a shot at $90 and a day or so of
chugging away. Note that it sits and runs, but doesn't require constant
attention

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