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that had an entry in an inaccessible portion of the directory. If any of the files or folders whose
enclosing folder could not be found are part of a software package, you may need to create en-
closing folders with the correct names and locations after you have rebuilt your disk so that the
software that uses these files works correctly, or you may need to reinstall the software package.
The files that had an entry in an inaccessible portion of the directory may have been lost or
thrown away. You must inspect these files to determine the extent of any damage. You must also
determine whether these files should be discarded.
If DiskWarrior creates a folder titled “Damaged Items,” then this folder contains files that were
recovered but may have problems. For instance, these files may have been truncated because
blocks were missing from the file. Once the rebuild is complete, you will need to determine if
these files can be salvaged.
In the event that critical items that you wish to recover remain missing from the preview disk, it
is recommended that you do not proceed with the rebuild. Since the directory information
for the items that are missing was overwritten or deleted at some point previously, DiskWarrior
could not recover these items. You will need to send your disk to a professional recovery service
to recover your lost files. While in the DiskWarrior Preview Window, you should copy as many
items from your disk as possible to another hard disk, removable media, floppy disks, etc. Select
the disk to which you wish to copy from the Disk drop-down menu in the left pane. Then select
the files you wish to copy and click the Copy button in the right pane.
You may need to copy the original files to several disks, depending upon the amount and size of
the files on the source and the size of the disks to which you are copying the files. Another option
is to copy only the files that you absolutely need, such as those that have changed since your last
backup, or only your data files if you are planning to reinstall your system and applications. In
either case, it is possible that you will not be able to copy all of the files you select. If an error
dialogue is displayed, select “Continue” to continue copying the remainder of the files you se-
lected. When the copy operation is complete, you may want to attempt to copy the skipped files
again in case the error is intermittent and the copy operation can be performed for those files.
This will minimize the number of items that the recovery service will need to recover for you. If
you wish to copy files from the preview disk to another media source (such as another hard disk
or other removable media), select the media source from the Disk drop-down menu in the left
pane. Then select the files you wish to copy and click the Copy button in the right pane to copy
the files onto your media. When you have finished copying files, you can eject the disk by clicking
the Eject icon next to the Disk drop-down menu.
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