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Why can't I see the files?

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  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    edited 3 July 2013 at 9:11AM
    Recover (J) 19.1GB free of 29.9GB

    (K) 70.3MB of 99.9GB

    Got Recuva to show ignored files.....there's an entry that states...

    SBadClus.....102396KB. I'm assuming that's bad clusters.
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • onzey
    onzey Posts: 830 Forumite
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    Odd, when I expand the picture On my ipad it looks like

    70.3MB of 99.9MB for K

    The units definitely look different for J and K. Must be my eyes. :(
  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    onzey wrote: »
    Odd, when I expand the picture On my ipad it looks like

    70.3MB of 99.9MB for K

    The units definitely look different for J and K. Must be my eyes. :(

    Apologies, you are right....K is MB, J is GB. :o Too quick to type without thinking.
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • onzey
    onzey Posts: 830 Forumite
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    edited 3 July 2013 at 9:19AM
    So how big is this laptop drive and do you know how much was used/free and how it was partitioned?
  • aliasojo
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    The laptop was a 320GB in total (Hitachi drive....http://www.drivemylaptop.co.uk/LaptopDriveDetails.aspx?p=1995).

    I don't know exactly how much was free but I would guess at around 50%. I had cleared some stuff off the lappy a month or so ago.

    I had never partitioned it...it was as it was from new. The Recovery partition was there from new and I never saw/touched that.
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • onzey
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    edited 3 July 2013 at 9:29AM
    Have you tried looking at Local drive E as it would seem that's where the majority of stuff must be or is that not associated with the 320GB drive in the caddy?
  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    I can't access that at all. When I click on it, a blank window opens and everything hangs.
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • onzey
    onzey Posts: 830 Forumite
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    edited 3 July 2013 at 9:40AM
    Would I be right that you don't normally have an E drive on the host laptop you are attaching this caddied drive to and therefore the E drive is part of the caddied drive?
    i.e. if you detach the caddy E, J and K will all disappear.
  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    Yes.

    When I plug the laptop drive (in the caddy) into the main host pc (desktop now), 3 drives show up. I do not know why this is.

    E - just a picture of a drive, no info about size etc, does nothing when clicked on (Completely blank window opens and window hangs, takes ages to close, shows 'non responsive message')

    J - Recovery drive, has info about size, can see the files (all system stuff, drivers etc)

    K - Has info about size, states there are files on there but clicking open opens a window that states file folder empty. Recuva showed info about bad clusters on this partition.
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • onzey
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    Can you right click on the E drive and choose properties and see if it reports anything about size?
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