I don't know how it happened, but here's the chain of events:
Two nights ago, I try to shut down, and the computer takes a looooong time to do it. Nothing but a sea of blue as, "Windows is shutting down". Then, a pop-up appears, and since it was late, I can't recall the exact text, but it said something about, "G: \$Mft."
I clicked OK, and went to bed.
Since then, I had to hard reset the computer a few times, because when I turn it on, it won't go past the BIOS screen.
I hit F2, to get into setup, and restore default system settings.
Now it boots up ok, still sort of slow, but more importantly when I run my Avid editing app., it won't play right, digitize video, etc.
I tried to export a QT movie, and another warning pops up about the Mft file above, and also one MXF file (video file for those non-Panasonic P2 users). I can see the MXF file on my external drive, but it can't be opened.
Any suggestions? Data recovery software perhaps? I've since done a lot of reading on Master File Tables, partitioning, etc., but I'm still not sure what works best, or how I even did this in the first place.
If anyone has any time or experience, I'd be very grateful for your help.
Cheers,
-b
Two nights ago, I try to shut down, and the computer takes a looooong time to do it. Nothing but a sea of blue as, "Windows is shutting down". Then, a pop-up appears, and since it was late, I can't recall the exact text, but it said something about, "G: \$Mft."
I clicked OK, and went to bed.
Since then, I had to hard reset the computer a few times, because when I turn it on, it won't go past the BIOS screen.
I hit F2, to get into setup, and restore default system settings.
Now it boots up ok, still sort of slow, but more importantly when I run my Avid editing app., it won't play right, digitize video, etc.
I tried to export a QT movie, and another warning pops up about the Mft file above, and also one MXF file (video file for those non-Panasonic P2 users). I can see the MXF file on my external drive, but it can't be opened.
Any suggestions? Data recovery software perhaps? I've since done a lot of reading on Master File Tables, partitioning, etc., but I'm still not sure what works best, or how I even did this in the first place.
If anyone has any time or experience, I'd be very grateful for your help.
Cheers,
-b