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Originally Posted by sailor
Thats exactly what I tried first, but unfortunately it kept failing. I think the reason is the disparity in processors--my Athlon64 3000 was running at about 65% to decode the stuff, I doubt his 3 year old laptop was keeping up. Files kept corrupting and screwing up the transfer  |
This sounds strange. Are you sure that the hard drive isn't trashed and the poor performace and corrupt data are the result of this?
Try using a USB memory key or some external storage device and transfer some test files. If they are corrupt as well, they hard drive might be screwed.
If the HD is in poor shape, you may be able to run a data recovery program on the drive. I can't make any recommendations unfortunately because I haven't been doing IT in a while. Anyone?