Corrupt Data on Hard Drive (Fat32) - How to recover?

Hi,

I have a nonn system disk that can be seen in My Computer, but when I explore it - it now shows the files as strange symbols and they are unreadable.

I have done error checking on the disk (Vista 64) and that said it has fixed some errors and others could not be fixed.

I really want to get a file (jpg) from this drive, so I tried some "free" software that searches the drive and lists some data, but I need to pay for the product to attempt to retrieve that data.

I usually am happy to support such software, if I can afford it, with a purchase, but I really am very unsure about this as there is no garuntee (far from it) that I will get the data back.

Can anyone recommend anything else I could try, or know of any free products that could help.

Many thanks in advance

 

Steve - many thanks for the response.

I am going to give that program a try and will report results back here.

 

WOW - what a fabulous piece of software. It's really helped me out here.

Steve - many thanks for this help, I really appreciate it.

I always like to report back if I have had luck, or not, as it may be useful for other people to read about my experieces.

In this case - I highly recommend the software and also note that the files I wanted showed as "unrecoverable" - but it still managed to recoved them, so a tip there - try anyway.