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Thanks for the knowledge update. This might be useful when further diagnosing... BIOS says it is a ST3500841 with Size 137.4GB. Correct on the Seagate device type, incorrect on the size. It is IDE. Btw, I don't need my C drive to enter BIOS.. I don't know if the drive has been altered...

Actually I am hoping that someone can resolve the changes to the partition structure. Disk Manager sees only a 128GB partition; the rest of the drive doesn't appear. It should show a 512GB drive. The files with binary zeros are reported as corrupt files. If they are corrupt because fragments...

Who provides an excellent service for recovering 100K+ of files - NTFS; I clobbered a perfectly healthy drive by putting it in an enclosure that turned out to be a Maxstor Onetouch. 512GB partition is now 128GB. A local recovery service salvaged directories and 100K+ files, but most files...