Hi essexboy  to be honest i haven't got a clue why i couldn't get into the drive as i say drive D was fine but i couldn't get into drive E  so im sorry i cant answer your question ....

Hi jason  the free trail lets you find the files but wont restore them, so i had to get the paid for version

which did the job 

Some of the restored mails seem to be in some sort of code ?  so they cant be read  but i have got quite a few mails restored  and ive got some of my music files back

So all in all im very pleased

As for the burner thats sorted as well

But im not telling because feels a little silly   

Lets just say if someone else as the same problem put in another disk because the one you are trying to copy may not let you 

Once again guys thanks for your time / help

Tg

Jason you are a star tried one of your links :-

Recover My Files
(free trial) - $69.99 to purchase
http://www.recovermyfiles.com

And i have got some of my data back takes some time to recover the files but im well pleased

Thank you so much jason for your links and all of your help

Thank you to Dave and essexboy


cheers guys

Still sorting the burner out but that can wait for now

Tg  one happy goblin

Hi jason / dave

Thanks so much for the links i will try them soon

I hope i can get some of the data back

many many thanks  guys

Ill let you know how i get on

Tg

yep  tried it in another pc as slave and it would read  drive d  but not e ,

Thats when i pressed format by mistake

taken drive out now and put another one in

burners  still not right  but ill leave that for now  ( works ok using windows burning software )

Im more  interested in getting my data back from drive e if thats poss

Many thanks guys

Ps only formated drive e  THE  hard drive still works  can read drive d  in all my xp  pc's

Thank you so much for your help
i have taken the drive out of the pc

i did try handy recovery  but got nothing

so if you have any links for software that may recover my lost data

id  be very gratefull

once again thank you for your time

Tg

sorry this was not the message it said something like
can not access drive / drive not ready

Hi windowsxp550

thanks for your post

but i think it may be to late 

As i have formated the drive yes i was getting that message  ( sorry E partition)

sorry  i did get your  response  and i m kicking my self because i could have save the date

i dont think theres a way back do you????

Thanks
Tg

Btw  i wastnt ignoring you just  looking at other info  hope this doesnt sound rude

thank you

Dave,

sorry if your confused but yes that is about right

trying nero again now  pc seems to be running ok  ( i hope )

All my data  is gone on that partiton  

BTW   i could not get the drive  ( e partition ) to open in this pc or the spare one

also linux couldnt mount it..

so i dont know whats wrong

still ill kick the cat and ill be ok soon  :) :) :)

thank you guys for your help

PS thanks essexboy

Tg

Hi,

yes i could see d and e with in windows


And i got a message drive may not be accesible .

tried it in another pc  and i pressed format so ive lost all data on that drive ( e only)

Not wanting to get banned from this site but im right hissed off as ive lost some data that cant be replaced

Ive put another drive as slave now and it seems to be working fine

just got to try the dvd rw again and see if it works

i dont know but is all the data gone on the other drive or is there a way i can get it back

many thanks for all your help
Tg

Hi ya guys

Thanks so much for your help/time

Ive got ride of a load of programes i dont use

uninstalled nero  just done a cd using windows burning software

But i still cant get into my slave drive which is split D/e
i can get into d but not e  ( this is where my files are kept )
so it cant be the drive can it????
any ideas  im just gona try it in another pc to se if that will read it
ill let you know  Thank you so much for your help

Tg

Hi essexboy

Thank you so much for your help

I will try to sort it out turn za off whilst off line

My pc seems all over the place, In my computer  sometimes it doesnt pick up my dvdrw it tells me its a cdrom

And now i cant get to my slave drive which is split  so it will read one half (d) but it wont read the other (E)
it just asks me do i want to format it ( no i dont made that mistake before and lost  lots of data)

so i dont know whats going on

Ill get back to you if i sort it but if you have any ideas give me a shout

thank you lots

Tg

hi,
Dont know if this info is of any use
just been in to bios

power temp = 40c/ 104f

sys temp = 32c/ 89f

cpu temp 56c/ 134f

so is there anything odd here

thanks
Tg

Hi there guys,

I have the following problem with my pc , Its seems to be running very slow at the moment.
Sometimes it takes a while for programes to load  and they seem to come up very slowly

ive been trying to burn some cds  using nero 6  ( copy cd ) and it takes about 35 to 40 mins to burn

the writer is about maybe 6 months old

cpu is celeron 2000  ( 478 )
ram 512

Ive had a good look idside pulled cables off then resetted them
I did notice that the cpu retaining bracket had one of the lugs missing so ive used a cable tie to secure it
I dont think this is the problem
Ive scaned my pc
Avg clear
Adaware ok
spybot ok

So can any one tell me what the problem might be

Ps the cd im burning are just music cds and ive had no probs before

many thanks for any help

Tg

strum you can have the ale, make mine a pint of apples proper west country drink i thinks

Hey strum

You best make that 3 beers