I just wanted to follow up with a good report. HDMgold got me up and running again after two
sweeps. There were still errors, but I was able to run McAfee DiskMinder whick after several sweeps
eliminated the other errors. There was still an adjustment that was made to the FAT file to perfect
it. But the great news, not only is the computer fully recovered but better than before. For almost
a year I had not been able to run Defrag for the C drive. The defrag ran beautifully, so now the
computer is tuned up and running fantastic. Thanks again for a GREAT PRODUCT and FAST SUPPORT. I
will recommend your product to all my friends.
Wayne
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My name is Grant and I am from South Africa. My D drive lost its partition table last
week and I have been trying to get someone to assist me to recover all my data. Quotations from
R1,000.00 (approx. $160.00) to R3,500,00 (approx. $560.00) was thrown at me so I decided to see if
I could find cheaper software that could assist me to recover my data. Hard Drive Mechanic was the
first hit I got out of Google. I too was sceptical to order over the internet as I have been
scammed on two other occasions ordering software in my own country. After reading all 40
testimonials and surfing the net for 4 hours, I decided to give Hard Drive Mechanic a try. To spend
$69.95 (approx. R430.00) was still a scary experience not knowing if it was going to work or not.
But guess what, within 35 minutes all my problems were no longer.I was ecstatic to see my D drive
re-born. It was worth investing in Hard Drive Mechanic. I’ll recommend it to anybody, anytime.
Thanks Hard Drive Mechanic.
Kind regards,
Grant J Tyler |
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The contents of my second HD (D:) on my old WIN98 computer were GONE! I used an old
copy of diskfix from PCTools 7.1 to attempt a repair.To my further shock, my boot drive C: somehow
got damaged. I thought I was going to pay hundreds of dollars to have a technician restore or
recover my data. I saw your software after Googling for "hard disk repair." I purchased it via
PayPal and in 15 minutes my C: drive was up and running.
Now I'm trying to see if this miracle software will find my lost data on D: What a great
product!!!!!
Chris from Indiana
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Dear Sirs:
A week or so ago, I downloaded Hard Drive Mechanic which was supposed to include Drive-to-Drive. This
added bonus was a compelling reason why I decided to purchase the program.
After some difficulty, I was able to download the HD program and it has, true to its promo, restored
the MBR on my 40 GB drive. This is one of 4 infected drives.
... Again, while I haven't had an opportunity to work on the other infected drives, HD Mechanic worked
as advertised and I would be remiss if I did not enthusiastically recommend it to everyone.
Thanks again,
Loui Chachere |
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I read all of the testimonials and drove around in my car before I decided to buy your
product this afternoon, June 30. Tonite, my hard drive is as good as new. You people
deserve a gold metal. Many thanks.
Francis Hall
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Thanks a lot, your software really saved me.
I had some trouble with an IDE raid-controller (Dawicontrol) and the Partitiontable was lost.
It took your software about 5 min. to fix it.
Achim Krausgrill -Germany
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Thank you for producing such a wonderful product. Hard Drive Mechanic Gold fixed
my partition table within minutes. Now my system is up and running and I have the chance to
do what I should have been doing all along...backing up. Thanks again. I bought and
downloaded the software today, 06/09/04.
Buda
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Hi there, I was very sceptical about the claims made and thought long and hard about paying
out $49.00 US for the program. However, I did and although it took about three hours and
several repairs I managed to recover about 16 months work - thank you guys for a good honest
program that does what you need when you need it - from a grateful user in the UK....
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I installed a second hard drive (300 GB F:)in my PC some time ago.The OS Windows XP
home edition is on my C:drive.I successfully formatted the new drive as NTFS and transferred 30GB
of info to it.Due to corruption of some system files on the C: drive I decided to do a clean
install of Windows XP again back to the C: drive.To my horror the OS now reported that F:drive was
not formatted.It was listed as BASIC RAW with half of the space unallocated.
Microsoft said loading service pack1 would solve the problem but the OS still reported the same as
before. I successfully ran HDM2000 tonight and now have all my data back. Many thanks
for a brilliant piece of software.
Declan Williams |
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I downloaded Hard Drive Mechanic today and didn't see the link for a free copy of
Drive 2 Drive until afterwards. Can you please send it to me (soft copy is fine). HDM totally
recovered my hard drive today! I had edited my boot.ini and couldn;t boot. I used Windows Recovery
Console which replaced by Master Boot Sector and still couldn't boot. I then tried Norton Utilities
2003 and things went from bad to worse. So, THANK YOU!!! -- John
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All I can say is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! Your product (The Hard Drive Mechanic) saved
valuable and sensitive personal data. I'm
sure I would have paid MUCH more through a data recovery service, and it would have taken DAYS
instead of MINUTES! Gotta love it
when software delivers!
J. Speakmen
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Just an half an hour ago I purchased your program because my hard drive failed me.
Windows XP requested that I should format the drive. I was devastede. Last time it happened I lost
most of my files. I manage this time to find your site and buy your program. I was very sceptical
due to my last failure of retrivel. But hey your program came through clean!!! THANK YOU FOR A
SUPERB PROGRAM!!!! If not for it most of my pictures of freinds, writen documents, and lots more
would have been go. Thank you very much! Keep up the good work.
Fredrik Karlsson, Stallarholmen, Sweden |
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Thanks a Million!
I have received the software, installed it and I have recovered my Data.
Thanks, I will tell everyone that your program works very well.
Joseph
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Where do I start to express my gratitude for the makers of Hard Drive Mechanic Gold.
What an extra - ordinary piece of work. I had accidentally formatted my Hard Drive on my wife’s
machine ( this is an automatic death sentence ). She had been running a WinXP upgrade but I had
never reformatted the drive to NTFS. Imagine my surprise after I followed the procedure setup in
the unformat pdf file and saw the files that I needed. WOW! What an incredible piece of software
... Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! .... from
Bob Winkelmann / Michigan
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I want to say thanks for creating such a nice piece of software "Drive Mechanic" I
worked over 10 hours using every version of scandisk, trying ghost, trying to manually copy even
pieces of my hard drive to no avail. I then found your software and within an hour had the old
drive booted back up and was able to run scandisk, do my ghost and it looks as though all my data
is here.
Thanks
Randy Jordan |
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Gentlemen:
After three sleepless nights, triggered by a power supply failure which caused a hard drive
failure, I downloaded "Hard Drive Mechanic Gold". I was prepared for the worst-rebuilding two
years of Quick Books data, as well as Turbo Tax, Word files, Excel, etc.
I loaded your program, and in 15 minutes the problem was corrected. I was able to boot from the
Windows XP CD and reinstall the corrupted files.
Thanks for a great program!
Robert Ziff |
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A couple of weeks ago, I was attempting to transfer data from an old hard drive to a
new hard drive for our new server. I should mention that our old server had been failing for some
time, and the tape backup had not functioned in a couple of months--which is why we bought a new
server. I goofed up, and wound up trashing the partition table on the old hard drive! Since our
tape backup had not functioned in a couple of months, I thought I had basically flushed our company
down the toilet. Well, I bought Hard Drive Mechanic, and in no time I had the old hard drive fixed,
copied the data to the new hard drive, and had the new server up in running. Thanks.
P.Doland
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I would like to take a few minutes and let you know how amazed I was at the success
& simplicity of your repair program. With the problem I had with Win. XP I thought my hard
drive was a goner. Thanks to your program it is working perfectly.
It is worth 10 times what I paid for it. I also want to thank your weekend support tech for his help
and knowledge on 12/21/03.
Thanks again everybody. This is the best Christmas gift I have ever received.
J. Bortner |
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Hi ,
I recently installed a new hard drive and OS on my computer. I installed my old drive as the slave
intending to then copy files to the new drive, however I could not find my files I got a box that said
drive needs to be formatted Y or N . I selected no.
Every company I contacted wanted hundreds of dollars and ship the drive to them. I found your web site
and after talking with the helpful folks in CS I downloaded the demo. I encountered several terms that
I was not familiar with this required even more calls to CS each time I got courteous and friendly
service. After the determination was made that my drive was repairable I then purchased the full
version and BINGO I got all my data back fully and completely.
Thank you for you professional and friendly service. It was a pleasure doing business with people who
really care.
Best regards
George Allen |
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Hello,
I visited your website to find a recovery tool from an NTFS partition on a NEW MAXTOR drive that is
failing. I purchased Hard Drive Mechanic and called your support line to ask a few questions. While I'm
sure if HDM will fix my problem I must say is is a very valuable product and your support is superior.
Having a real person answer the phone and not immediately ask for a credit card number is a very
pleasant surprise. This is what support use to be and should be. HDM is a very impressive product and
one which I am sure will get alot of use for some time to come.
Thanks for great products and superior support.
Oliver Bailey
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Hi,
I usually don’t give praise easily, however ! Your software is really "unbelievable". Although I was
skeptical at first, it worked just as advertised, and even better.
It is easy to use and I recovered a XP 180 GB drive in under a half-hour; most of the time spent was
looking for a mouse driver.
It certainly is refreshing to use something that really works in this day and age especially when a lot
of software doesn’t.
Purchasing through the internet and downloading was also a big plus for me.
Thanks so much!
A R Maniet
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I downloaded the Gold version of Drive Mechanic and a drive that had resisted every
fix (an tool) I could throw at it is alive and well.
GREAT product, and thanks for saving my bacon (it was my boss's computer).
David Ebert
Huckleberry House, Inc. |
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A client opened an email attachment...well, you get the picture!
Your software saved me. Thank you so much!
Kathy Gorman
Richmond, VA
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Hope I didn't ruffle any feathers with the last question I asked. I am truely a novice
and I really didn't know. A knowledgeable friend has enlightened me.
I was able to access DOS commands again on our C:\> drive through a Windows ME startup disk, and
renamed the Windows folder and reinstalled Windows ME. Don't think we could have done this without your
software.
Many thanks to you. We are now able to recover the files we did not backup. Scandisk is showing some
damaged areas. We can now take this HD issue up with Gateway as my wife mentioned we are still under an
extended warranty.
Thanks again for the great software.
Ben & Tina
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James,
You was correct the downloaded file must have been corrupt. The new file worked perfectly. The program
was everything advertised and more. I work with a lot of technical support in my job and yours is
second to none. I will sing your programs praises to everyone who will listen and direct them where to
purchase it on the web.
Thanks Again
Don
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Hi!
I purchased Hard Drive Mechanic Gold from Circuit City, and swear by it. So much so, that I know I sold
several copies for you to my co-workers and business associates.
Keep up the good work, I found it to be just the thing I needed to save 1,000's of hours of work, and
countless downloaded software programs that I would have lost were it not for HDMGOLD!
Sincerely,
Jim Morrison
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Thank you so much for your quick support (on a Saturday no less). Your advice would
have been worth waiting till Monday, The Mechanic worked like a charm!
Thanks,
Richard |
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First off I would like to say congratulations and thank you to your Tech support, for
walking through the trouble that I was having ( which was my fault) and not the programs, the
gentleman that help me was very friendly which I can not say the same for Symantec (Norton
ghost)
I would like to express how impressed I am with this program The program worked wonderful, I could not
believe how fast it was, I even spent over two hours looking for something that it might have left out,
which to my surprise every thing was there and in tack. it is refreshing to find a program that does
what it says it does.
It is a shame that you do not advertise more then you do, because if you did people would drop Ghost
and Drive copy just to mention a few in a heart beat.
Again Thank you
J.W. Paul |
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I can't begin to thank you for the time and patience you gave to me in getting my
system back up and running again and for basically saving my sleeping life which has been non
existent since my CPU crashed.
How much would it cost me total price to upgrade to the GOLD version of MECHANIC without the other two
programs that are advertised as a package with it? I thought I remembered you saying $15 more and if
that is true how would I go about doing it.
Just in case I decide to upgrade my O.S. now would be the time to obtain the upgrade. I probably won't
upgrade my O.S. but you said the Gold version has more bells and whistles and more closely follows the
manual.
Thanks again,
Tom Johnson |
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I had tried to use Norton's Emergency Disks included with Systemworks for Windo95/98
which did not help. I had also tried OnTrack's EasyRecovery Lite, which is part of Fix It Utilities
2000. This program took an hour to "read" the dead disk and then only let me retrieve 10 files. The
full version is $180 to let you retrieve unlimited files but still leave your hard drive dead. I
was also thinking of "SpinRite" from Gibson Research but I found out this program won't work with a
drive not seen in DOS.
I was actually looking for "Lost and Found" at Staples when I saw your software - and I'm very glad I
did. I read the box and it seemed like just the utility I needed. I've never heard of your company or
your software before.
Thanks for a great product !
Sam Yu |
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I purchased Hard Drive Mechanic. I am a network engineer, teach in the computer
science division at a college and have my own consulting business. I have come across many problems
that appear to have no explanation for cause and sometimes no FIX either. I was working on a
machine for a company that had a "hard drive crash". All their counting information was on there
with no backup. Couldn't access the drive no matter what utilities I tried. thought it was a gonner
for sure. I tried Norton Util, MicroScope, etc., and no luck. I went to our local computer store
and saw they had Hard Drive Mechanic figured I had nothing to loose and the customer obviously
could not be any worst condition. I purchased it, I booted from the floppy, and amazingly it
repaired the drive. All the info was there and I backed it up on tape for the more than grateful
customer.
Hard Drive Mechanic made me look very good and I am sure I will be getting many recommendations from
him now. I feel more confident that if it possible at all to recover a drive, I have the tool(s) that
will do it. Thanks again, refreshing to see something that is not just all glitz on the screen and
doesn't work. Glitz and works, what else can a technician ask for (and reasonable priced to
boot).
Tom Betress |
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Considering the panic most feel when a hard drive goes on the blink and the fact that
few people back up their files with the kind of devotion needed to salvage everything after a
devastating crash, a utility that accomplishes what ``Hard Drive Mechanic Deluxe'' does, as quickly
and easily as it does, is nothing short of a cyberspace miracle
By RIC LEYVA
Associated Press Writer |
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You have a great product. I bought the Gold version You have a great product. I bought
the Gold Version and fixed my drive in about 10 minutes. I can't believe more stores don't carry
it. CompUSA didn't have it, and Circuit City (where I bought it) didn't know anything about
it.
Thanks
J. Burnside
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Words can not express how impressed I am with this program. I just I wish I had HDM
Deluxe in the past to bring hard drive back. I plan to keep this program readily assessable because
some day (like every hard drive in the world) my hard drive will crash. One very important feature
that needs emphasizing is that this program is not limited to one system. canIt comes on a 3.5-inch
floppy and all of the tests I have done were made on a disk copy of the original master. I have
tested HDM Deluxe on my two home systems and my work computer. It is truly amazing that so much
power can come on just a 3.5-inch floppy. This is a must have program for anyone that wants that
extra security and peace of mind.
Charles N. Kinsey
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This new mechanic works with ANY hard drive, can recover your drive from 98% of
software-related crashes, is S.M.A.R.T. enabled for enhanced disaster detection, automatically
restores damaged or destroyed boot sectors, and rebuilds damaged file allocation tables (FAT). It's
as much a preventative tool as it is a restorative one. Even better: it fits & runs on a single
floppy disk! This would be a wise investment for anybody--don't think for one second that you're
immune.
Chris Pirillo
LockerGnome |
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Attention: President of Company
I hope the spelling of the name is close to being correct. Forgive me if it is not.
I wanted to give a compliment to one of your employees. Brett, in the tech support department is a
jewel. He talked me through a hard drive disaster and was so good that it was as though he was sitting
at my keyboard doing the work himself. Your product performed flawlessly and recovered very valuable
data that was there one day and gone the next. My compliments to you, your company, your products and
your employees.
It's very good to see a company geared up to meet the needs of its customers by offering not only
quality products at reasonable prices, but also quality personnel to answer the inevitable questions
that will arise. Hang onto Brett, he is excellent and deserves a raise or at the very least, a good
bonus!
Sincerely,
Ray Vining
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"Corporations have technicians on staff to bird-dog such costly disasters and
elaborate backup mechanisms in place to forestall economic ruin, but common folk don't, putting
them at serious risk of losing everything. Riding to the rescue comes ``Hard Drive Mechanic
Deluxe'' , a powerful utility made for the PC user who doesn't have a computer science degree from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
PC World |
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Just wanted to add my name to your long list of success stories. The Chyrnoble virus
wiped me out last week. Scrambled my FAT and left me a broken man. Through a Network Associates Inc
chat line about the virus, I connected with someone who suggested your product. In desparation I
ran to the store and snagged a copy.
In less than an hour, I had regained 90% of my files. I estimate the value of the recovered data to be
right around $5000. Your product was a lifesaver (not the candy). Thanks for doing it right!
Don Stever
San Luis Obispo, CA |
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We wanted to see Hard Drive Mechanic in action. So, we erased the contents of our hard
drive’s boot sector. That action resulted in a blank screen and a blinking cursor when we rebooted.
Sure enough, by carefully following the instructions in Hard Drive Mechanic's manual, we were able
to return our system to a perfect working state within a half-hour.
Lori Robinson
Smart Computing
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I recently aquired Hard Drive Mechanic after my hard drive crashed. And you know what
happened? IT WORKED! As a computer technician, it is refreshing to know that there are at least a
few products available that actually do what they promise.
- Jason A. Czekalski |
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The Hard Drive Mechanic is the best repair weapon in my hard drive repair arsenal.
This repair tool deserves extremely high marks among hard drive repair utilities. I strongly
recommend this utility be used on any hard drive crash recovery.
- Rudy Crosby,
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| As a computer consultant/technician I know what it means to hear the words "crash" --
especially in regards to hard disks. Just the other day one of my 30gb drives started to die. I
immediately linked it to a 60gb drive and started backing up. As I finished, feeling confident of
my backup, I began to delete partitions off of the dead drive and prepare to send it back to the
manufacturer. I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED THE WRONG DRIVE/PARTITION. Anyhow, to sum it up -- hard drive
mechanic is not only excellent, but it recovered a large majority -- gigabytes to be exact -- of my
precious data which dates back to 1992. Support this fine company. |
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I purchased your Hard Drive Mechanic with skepticism. The FAT on my disk was
reportedly corrupt and I didn't think anything would be able to fix it. I made a few of my own
attempts, inquired the help desk at my company, looked around on the net, none of which offered a
solution. As a last ditch effort I purchased HDM and to my surprise the single floppy repaired the
disk in less than 15 minutes. Outstanding. It would've taken me at least 10 hours to rebuild the
disk (os and software packages). Not to mention many more hours replacing a good deal of personal
data. Yes, I had a backup but it was two weeks old. Thank you for publishing USEFUL software!
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My heart sank.
"Failure loading operating system"
Three month's work with no backup.
It was not a good weekend.
With the emergency boot disk I had made some time ago, I found, with fdisk, that I now had four
partitions where I once had set up one. I was clinging to the hope that my data was still there. After
fielding suggestions from some fellow bitheads, I went to the local Office Depot here in Texarkana, TX,
and looked at prices. My main solution to the problem was to buy a new hard disk and start over, then
later see if I could pick apart the problem with the old one. A friend recommended I use
PartitionMagic, but after reading the box, I knew it would be a matter of using it along with three
black candles and a lot of tech-voodoo. I took note of the price and put down the box. Then,
immediately to its left, I found Hard Drive Mechanic. 99 percent recovery rate sounded like pretty high
claims; but, it was cheaper than PartitionMagic, and it fit my dilemma perfectly, so I bought it. It
worked. Your product saved me around two-hundred out-of-pocket dollars.
Thank you. For once, I have found a program that does what it says, no bull. Its execution was
straightforward and nearly flawless. Thank you. The only problem I encountered was when I created the
Undo disk. The floppies I used were known to be good, but after fifteen minutes of floppy-thrashing for
each of the two attempts, HDM could not save the undo data. I gave up hope for creating an undo disk
and continued with crossed fingers. Luckily, I didn't need it. However, you may want to check into this
problem. Does HDM save the FAT, the directory tree, and the partition table in the undo? Would drive
size matter? I use a Fujitsu 2.16Gb IDE drive, if this info will help. Thankfully, I am no longer
kicking myself for shunning backups -- my irreplaceable files are now safe. HDM was my grace. I hope
you further your work and get greater recognition for your life-saving product. For hard drive
problems, HDM is at the top of my recommendation list. Here's to the future of The Mechanic..
Cheers- Shawn Thomas,Texarkana, AR-TX,
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!
The other day I was re-partitioning a 2.5 Gig WD hard drive to take advantage of the new FAT32 in Win
98. This was my "D" drive. Somehow I managed to delete the primary partition on my 4.3 Gig "C"
drive making the drive inaccessible. I though for sure I lost all of my years of hard work and customer
contact information. Not to mention all of the custom configuration and tuning I've done to my PC. I
decided NOT to reformat and start over. Instead I went to the local software store to look at "disk
utilities". Norton Utilities, Partition Magic etc, none of them claimed to replace a deleted partition.
Then I saw Hard Drive Mechanic. Never heard of it, but what did I have to loose. To make a long story
short, one hour later ALL of my programs and data files are back where they should be.
Thank You once again, George Lesniak |
