Thanks very very much for this tip. After unsuccessfully downloading half a dozen prospective "disk recovery" programs I was just about to give up and reformat my data hard drive. Then I came across your posting and was encouraged because you specifically mentioned NTFS drives. I downloaded the File Scavenger demo and it immediately found my "missing" hard drive and all the files on it!! No other program got close.
I had to pay for a File Scavenger license to get it to recover them but it was $40 very well spent. All files now safely transferred onto my other drive. Phew !!
Highly recommended !!!
Great, glad it worked out for you. I think it's a wonderful program as well, really top notch programming that you don't see too often anymore.
http://www.pcnet-online.com/content/utilities/filescavenger.html
Found some quality reviews and downloads on that site and nary a bit of spyware/malware.