This isn't something you would probably want to use, but what about a Disk editor?
It might be harder to find than a needle in a haystack, but it might let you look at the "area of doom" on the HD and give you an idea whats going on there.
There are free versions of hex editors out there, never seen one for windows 7, but just do a search for a Hex editor or disk editor.
(just did a search)
Here is a link to a vista compatable Hex editor's webpage.
http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/
I've never used it and it doesn't list windows 7, but it is vista compatable.
hmelton
God bless
It might be harder to find than a needle in a haystack, but it might let you look at the "area of doom" on the HD and give you an idea whats going on there.
There are free versions of hex editors out there, never seen one for windows 7, but just do a search for a Hex editor or disk editor.
(just did a search)
Here is a link to a vista compatable Hex editor's webpage.
http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/
I've never used it and it doesn't list windows 7, but it is vista compatable.
hmelton
God bless