External hd now all in .chk files?!?

[wyhlenout]

I connected my external hard drive(fat 32) to a machine that was running knoppix linux. Was trying to transfer information from the pc to external hard drive. When I did, everything else that was on the drive turned into .chk file and is hidden in a folder known as "FOUND.000" from windows when checking it out. Is there any software out there to fix this? thank you

[Irithori]

Hi and welcome

If windows finds parts of a file and cannot clearly tell where they belong, then these fileparts are named with a .chk suffix and stored in FOUND.000
This can happen by e.g. removing a external harddisc without unmounting it first (safe remove in windows).

For recovering tipps, you might have more luck asking in a windows forum.

But maybe it is easier to just copy the files again?

[wyhlenout]

Well it was a friends hard drive and it had his movies and tv shows. I looked into that found.000, hopefully there is a program that can rename them back to what they originally were?

[Irithori]

That´s the problem. These are file parts. Fragments.
A simple rename wont be enough.

No idea if there are windows tools which can reliably piece that together again.
But my guess is, where will be some loss.

Hence: A new copy is preferable.

[wyhlenout]

They all still work. Just loss of identity

[Irithori]

fwiw, as I never had this problem and this is a linux -not windows- forum:
This is what google found:
7 Ways To Recover CHK Files Created by CHKDSK and SCANDISK
http://superuser.com/questions/12469...nd-000-folders

Good luck