LOST about 10 000 SONGS

underworlddon · 10-12-2006, 03:29 AM

Sup guyss i am new here.. and i am a Dj so ofcourse i need a lot of SONgs i had about 25 000 songs on my LAptop so today i went n bought a external hd 120GB n i loaded all da songs n what happend is about 10 000 SONGs says its all Corrupted AND non of DEm work.. Can anyone tell me WHY it HAPPENED wat should i do or somthing thankxx im so pissed I jus lost 10 000 Songs

Trizoy · 10-12-2006, 03:40 AM

Well I hope we can assume these are all legal songs... ANYWAY, It depends how you tried to copy them. Did you COPY from your main Laptop HD to your External HD? Or did you MOVE them? Are you sure they are not still on the original disk? And which drive had the corrupted files on it?

PC eye · 10-12-2006, 03:40 AM

When you copied them from the laptop onto the external drive the copying process probably saw a glitch there resulting in those files being incomplete. The best thing to do there is examine the total on the laptop, make the new drive is properly partitioned and formatted, and try recopying those 10,000 you found incomplete especially if you were on battery power at the time.

If you deleted them off of the drive in the laptop you are stuck there. But if they are safe there verify the file integrity after any attempt at recopying to the 120gb.

underworlddon · 10-12-2006, 03:43 AM

well to be honest Some Files Works FIne and Some File IS jus corrupted and yes At time i did COPy n paste and at time i Draged it.. Is there supose to be a PROPER way To do soo.. please let me know.. And No i have Nothing on mY laptop after i transfered it i deleted everythin from my laptop, do u think there might be somthing wrong with the external HD it self??

PC eye · 10-12-2006, 07:18 AM

It sounds more like an impartial copy of those files. That is a common problem when trying to move a large amount of files at one time. Next time try copying or moving with a smaller amount. A bad drive would have seen far more files lost if it was loaded with bad sectors. After the files were copied where did you keep the external drive? Was it placed near any magnetic sources like electronic devices? An lectromagnetic field would account for the problem seen with that amount of files. The platters in a drive are magnetic surfaces used for storage.

Angel.of.Death · 10-12-2006, 11:19 AM

We are at a crossroad.

If you 'Moved' the files onto your external HDD, ----> Game over

If you copied, simply try again. If you screwed up your externall HDD give it a format and you should be good to go!

Good luck - I know how PAINFUL it is to lose data

PC eye · 10-12-2006, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angel.of.Death

We are at a crossroad.

If you 'Moved' the files onto your external HDD, ----> Game over

If you copied, simply try again. If you screwed up your externall HDD give it a format and you should be good to go!

Good luck - I know how PAINFUL it is to lose data

underworlddon wiped the drive in the laptop. Those files are long gone now unless he can use a recovery tool there. Got any freewares to recommend? like the one found at http://tips.vlaurie.com/2006/free-undelete-program/

underworlddon · 10-13-2006, 12:30 AM

UMm ur saying If i use that tool I CAN get the SONGS BACK???

PC eye · 10-13-2006, 01:18 AM

It won't hurt to try and recover at least some of the deleted files. There are different recovery tools available for this. The one at the link there is a freeware but even if using the 30day trial on a retail version works you would have your files back. If a recovery tool fails you haven't lost anything more then you already have.

Angel.of.Death · 10-13-2006, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

It won't hurt to try and recover at least some of the deleted files. There are different recovery tools available for this. The one at the link there is a freeware but even if using the 30day trial on a retail version works you would have your files back. If a recovery tool fails you haven't lost anything more then you already have.

Couldnt have said it better myself... Trial Versions are useless. As someone pointed out, they locate the file, then say: "Buy me!"... Bu it doesnt hurt to try

10-12-2006, 03:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
underworlddon New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	LOST about 10 000 SONGS Sup guyss i am new here.. and i am a Dj so ofcourse i need a lot of SONgs i had about 25 000 songs on my LAptop so today i went n bought a external hd 120GB n i loaded all da songs n what happend is about 10 000 SONGs says its all Corrupted AND non of DEm work.. Can anyone tell me WHY it HAPPENED wat should i do or somthing thankxx im so pissed I jus lost 10 000 Songs

10-12-2006, 03:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Campbell, Ca Posts: 4,650	Well I hope we can assume these are all legal songs... ANYWAY, It depends how you tried to copy them. Did you COPY from your main Laptop HD to your External HD? Or did you MOVE them? Are you sure they are not still on the original disk? And which drive had the corrupted files on it? __________________ 01100110 01100001 01110010 01110100

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10-12-2006, 03:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,226	When you copied them from the laptop onto the external drive the copying process probably saw a glitch there resulting in those files being incomplete. The best thing to do there is examine the total on the laptop, make the new drive is properly partitioned and formatted, and try recopying those 10,000 you found incomplete especially if you were on battery power at the time. If you deleted them off of the drive in the laptop you are stuck there. But if they are safe there verify the file integrity after any attempt at recopying to the 120gb.

10-12-2006, 03:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
underworlddon New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	well to be honest Some Files Works FIne and Some File IS jus corrupted and yes At time i did COPy n paste and at time i Draged it.. Is there supose to be a PROPER way To do soo.. please let me know.. And No i have Nothing on mY laptop after i transfered it i deleted everythin from my laptop, do u think there might be somthing wrong with the external HD it self??

10-12-2006, 07:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,226	It sounds more like an impartial copy of those files. That is a common problem when trying to move a large amount of files at one time. Next time try copying or moving with a smaller amount. A bad drive would have seen far more files lost if it was loaded with bad sectors. After the files were copied where did you keep the external drive? Was it placed near any magnetic sources like electronic devices? An lectromagnetic field would account for the problem seen with that amount of files. The platters in a drive are magnetic surfaces used for storage.

10-12-2006, 11:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
Angel.of.Death Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 15 Posts: 213	We are at a crossroad. If you 'Moved' the files onto your external HDD, ----> Game over If you copied, simply try again. If you screwed up your externall HDD give it a format and you should be good to go! Good luck - I know how PAINFUL it is to lose data

10-13-2006, 12:30 AM	#8 (permalink)
underworlddon New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	UMm ur saying If i use that tool I CAN get the SONGS BACK???

10-13-2006, 01:18 AM	#9 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,226	It won't hurt to try and recover at least some of the deleted files. There are different recovery tools available for this. The one at the link there is a freeware but even if using the 30day trial on a retail version works you would have your files back. If a recovery tool fails you haven't lost anything more then you already have.