k i was watching a movie on my computer the previous night, the .mpg files etc are kept on my other hardrive in a folder called movies, i went to watch another movie the next day and the folder is empty, after doing a system restore and using multiple appz to try and restore my missing files no go, so i go to delete the folder because this is still taking up 5 gigs worth of disk space and it says the folder is not empty, ive tried all the dumbass checks already so now i figure im screwed its not a matter of saving my files anymore its how do i save my hardrive before it becomes a cup coaster or blunt beating object! please somebody tell me what i need to know!There are currently 100's of different disk repair/data RECOVERY programs. Google for them and choose.

If you have it, you can use Norton Utilities' Disk Doctor to try to recover your drive. The utilities are also included with most of Symantec's bundled software packages (SystemWorks, etc.): http://www.symantec.com/product/

Dellit appears that the registy values for the files are invalid after running a registry scan....i went to make a new folder in the drive and it said cyclic redundancy check?
my comp sucks fat donkey *censored*?I did a google search for you which took about 1 second for lots of entries (you really should try it!)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=cyclic+redundancy+check&btnG=Google+Search

I then did a search for "my comp sucks fat donkey thingy? " and got YESQuote

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