[sanford]

Here's a truly odd deal. My external Western Digital 30 GIG hard disk went south on me about a week ago. Norton brought it back, I backed up the data, reformatted, put the data back and away we go. But, I just had time to sit down and mess with the data, which is all mp3s.

What Norton did in restoring the drive is put the beginning and end of file markers in the wrong place. So, for instance, a single mp3 file contains two-thirds of one song and a third of another. It is truly bizarre. Does anyone have even half a clue how I might fix this? Unfortunately, I'm figuring the data in this case is a lost cause, but if there's some way to fix these files, it would be wonderful.

[CMYKid]

Disk Warrior izza lot better choice for drive and file repair...Norton'll do that, most sevice centers will warn you away from it...as for fixing the files now, the problem i think YOU will have is that they are already fixed, albeit wrongfully...but if that's truly what happened then i doubt a utility program will feex it...

:ryan

[sanford]

I will probably buy Disk Warrior to replace Norton.

I'm frustrated that I lost all my mp3s, of course. It was a lot of work ripping and building that collection. But realistically speaking, I should be glad that I lost mp3s instead of critical documents. I can always rip my CD collection again.

Thanks for the Disk Warrior tip. I'm switching utility software!

[CMYKid]

Disk Warrior izza lot better choice for drive and file repair...Norton'll do that, most sevice centers will warn you away from it...as for fixing the files now, the problem i think YOU will have is that they are already fixed, albeit wrongfully...but if that's truly what happened then i doubt a utility program will feex it...

:ryan

[oranjdisc]

Originally posted by sanford:
<STRONG>I will probably buy Disk Warrior to replace Norton.

</STRONG>

Not probably man. DO IT. I've been through the exact same situation as you, and Disk Warrior is SO MUCH BETTER than Norton. Norton is crap.
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