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Check the SMART status of your hard drive to see if it may be a failing drive

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/smart.htm

http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/hard-disk-smart-status.html

From the Command Prompt (C:>) , you can run chkdsk

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265

List of diagnostic software

http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/perf/qual/issuesDiag.html

For serious repair and recovery

Gibson Labs SpinRite http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm

Diskinternals Partition Recovery http://www.diskinternals.com/products.shtml

OnTrack software http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/file-recovery-software/

Pandora Recovery http://www.pandorarecovery.com/

DataRescue PC http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue_pc.php

Recovery Review - list of recovery software http://recovery-review.com/

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