Some Hard Drive Help Please?

[Antar Bolaeisk]

Hello all,

I've been asked by a friend to fix a laptop which wasn't booting, upon closer inspection I found the issue to be with the hard-drive. Basically all the files on the hard-drive have disappeared yet all the folders are still present and correct and the hard-drive shows 99% free space. Is there anything I can do to restore the files or is it a lost cause?

The OS on the laptop is/was Vista and the hard-drive is a Fujitsu Siemens.

Thanks in advance,
Antar.

 

[SiriusB]

The only thing I can think of is using some undelete software. Free Undelete is a popular one. Install it on a separate HDD and scan the broken one. See if it comes up with anything.

 

[Brian Stuart]

Try GetdataBack. its worked for me in the past.

 

[CooK1E]

Try GetdataBack. its worked for me in the past.

another vote for GetBackData, although bear in mind that its not free.