On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:26:09 +0000, ***** charles wrote:

> "ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2007.01.18.04.57.20.555755@zianet.com... 
>
> First, thanks to everyone all for the feedback.  My friend decided
> that it wasn't worth the hasle to get any data back so I just reformated
> and did a clean install of Windows.  I am a Linux fan and
> thought that Linux might be of some help.  All the software that
> I found to "repair" file systems was way to expensive for the gain.
>
> Is "badblocks" free?  What OS does it run under?  Is it command-
> line or GUI?  Can it actually fix a corrupted file system or does it
> just work at the file level?
>
> thanks,
> charles.....

'badblocks' is a command line Linux utility usually available on all major
Linux systems, including Live CDs - I'd recommend that you boot some Live
CD and do that check - there may be problems with the drive - that happens
sometimes when the power goes.
'badblocks' is totally non-destructive - it basically does a read check of
all the blocks.

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