That is a bummer of all bummers.....I'm sorry, but I have no advice to give you...guess that pro data recovery sources are pretty darn expensive. My runtime is about the same size, plus the gigs of UNBACKEDED -UP stuff as well. My project of the night will be to get everything on CD...or CDs...I need the DVD burner now:) When you say partial format, how did you do that?

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