Recovering chk files in the found.000 folder

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Is there any way to recover a .chk file in the found
folder after Win2K runs through check disk at startup?
The user's profile was completely removed. It created a
new folder with their name on it, but the profile is
acting like a totally new user. I'm hoping to recover the
user's .pst file from in the found.000 folder. Thanks in
advance for any help.
 
That file is unlikely to be related - it's the result of a chkdsk. You might
want to check out www.undelete.com to see if anything can be recovered - do
it soon, before the disk has seen a lot of new use!

In the future - always a good idea to do the following:

--Redirect My Documents elsewhere - either the user's home directory, if
you're on a network, or to a folder you create on the C drive. I always use
C:\Data.
--Never keep your Outlook PST file(s) in the default directory. With Outlook
closed, search for the PST file (in hidden/system folders) and move it
elsewhere, such as c:\data\outlook - and rename it username.pst to avoid
confusion. When you reopen Outlook, direct it to the new location/file when
it complains.

Profiles often have problems, and this ensures that at least most of the
stuff you care about won't be gone with the wind if a profile is corrupted
or deleted.
 
Thanks for the tip. That's a really good idea on both
the My Documents and Outlook file. I'll have to do that
in the future.
 
No prob - it's on my "autopilot" list of things I do when I set up a
workstation, as I hate the default settings. I don't even think about it
anymore - my fingers just do it without my brain needing to be engaged!
 
Hello, I found this problem on google, I have the exact same problem
Please please please tell me if chk files can be recovered, they're i
a C:\ directory, weighing like 2GB, probably including all my e-mail
there, which I REALLY need. Is there ANY way to fix it?

I am using a different computer now, I don't want to write any othe
data on my computer at home.

Thank you so much.
My e-mail is (e-mail address removed)


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Liro
 
Hi, Liron.
Please please please tell me if chk files can be recovered,
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Yes. And no.

Open a chk file with Notepad and you might see a perfectly recognizable and
readable simple text file. All you have to do is save it and rename it back
to the original name. But it's more likely that you will see nothing but
"garbage", which really is hex code for an executable program that you can't
identify. Or it may be a mixture of hex codes and text, which might be a
portion of a database, or a spreadsheet, or a photo or other graphic, or a
music file, or a Word document, or an Outlook Express dbx file, or who knows
what? If you are a real computer guru with lots of free time, you MAY be
able to identify, sort and reassemble such a file. Chances are, though,
that such reassembly is impossible or possible only at an unreasonable cost
in time and/or money.

It MAY be worth the effort to try to identify and recover some of the files.
Experience tells me, though, that you success rate is likely to be somewhat
less than 10% of the lost files.

IF you can recover identifiable OE dbx files, post back. MVP Steve
Cochran's program may be able to recover emails from those.

RC
 
R. C. White said:
*Hi, Liron.
Please please please tell me if chk files can be recovered,
Click to expand...

Yes. And no.

Open a chk file with Notepad and you might see a perfectl
recognizable and
readable simple text file. All you have to do is save it and renam
it back
to the original name. But it's more likely that you will see nothin
but
"garbage", which really is hex code for an executable program tha
you can't
identify. Or it may be a mixture of hex codes and text, which migh
be a
portion of a database, or a spreadsheet, or a photo or other graphic
or a
music file, or a Word document, or an Outlook Express dbx file, o
who knows
what? If you are a real computer guru with lots of free time, yo
MAY be
able to identify, sort and reassemble such a file. Chances are
though,
that such reassembly is impossible or possible only at a
unreasonable cost
in time and/or money.

It MAY be worth the effort to try to identify and recover some of th
files.
Experience tells me, though, that you success rate is likely to b
somewhat
less than 10% of the lost files.

IF you can recover identifiable OE dbx files, post back. MVP Steve
Cochran's program may be able to recover emails from those.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
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Thank you so much RC! That was extremely helpful as I think I can A
LEAST try to recover my DBX files (which are the most important one
anyway). Some CHK files were over 600MB so I'm assuming it's the DB
files. So what I should do is basically rename those chk files to .db
and see which ones work?

Thank you again


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Liro
 
rcoburn said:
*Is there any way to recover a .chk file in the found
folder after Win2K runs through check disk at startup?
The user's profile was completely removed. It created a
new folder with their name on it, but the profile is
acting like a totally new user. I'm hoping to recover the
user's .pst file from in the found.000 folder. Thanks in
advance for any help. *
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I have had the same problem with the found.000 folder. My compute
found a problem with my partition table and moved everything to th
folder named folder.000. It keeped telling me I didn't have access t
open the files and founder in it. They are not aways lost because
was able to recover most everthing. I searched the internet an
everyone told me that stuff was gone. I found out that most was stil
there and in working order.

Ok I found a way to recover if you are running XP PRO. turnoff simpl
file sharing and take owership of the folder and all subdirectories.
After that you should be able to copy the files to a place of you
choice. I made sure I moved the files to another hard drive to avoi
this again if my hard drive was ready to go or getting close to it!

I don't know if this will help you but I did this and was able t
recover most everything


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ye
 
R. C. White said:
*Hi, Liron.


Yes. And no.

Open a chk file with Notepad and you might see a perfectly
recognizable and
readable simple text file. All you have to do is save it and rename
it back
to the original name. But it's more likely that you will see nothing
but
"garbage", which really is hex code for an executable program that
you can't
identify. Or it may be a mixture of hex codes and text, which might
be a
portion of a database, or a spreadsheet, or a photo or other graphic,
or a
music file, or a Word document, or an Outlook Express dbx file, or
who knows
what? If you are a real computer guru with lots of free time, you
MAY be
able to identify, sort and reassemble such a file. Chances are,
though,
that such reassembly is impossible or possible only at an
unreasonable cost
in time and/or money.

It MAY be worth the effort to try to identify and recover some of the
files.
Experience tells me, though, that you success rate is likely to be
somewhat
less than 10% of the lost files.

IF you can recover identifiable OE dbx files, post back. MVP Steve
Cochran's program may be able to recover emails from those.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
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I just finished using Spinrite on an unaccessible laptop HD. I
installed it as a slave and was able to access the drive. It created a
found.000 folder. I did a search on that drive for *.pst and was able
to save it and any other file I searched for by extension. You could
manually search through the found.000 folder if you wish.
 
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