Quote Originally Posted by Clp727 View Post
Allow check disk to run it's coarse. It could take lot's of time if the Windows XP install is corrupt. If check disks fails it will give you an error.If it isn't responding it's probably because it is doing it's job.

I and not disagreeing but just to be sure....If i do a ctrl-alt-delete and look under the applications tab, and see that chkdsk.exe is "not responding" it could still be "doing it's job"?
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I have passed the drive along to friend that is a little better with data recovery than i am although he has given up already...
From what he told me it seems the tables are reporting the capacity of the drive to be larger than what it really is (or something along those lines)
Weather that makes sense to anyone or not is beyond me, this matter was over my head when i started.
Thanks for everyones help!!!
I have not given up yet, and will still be checking this thread for ideas.
If i do figure out the issue i'll post my findings!
As for now, its beer:30