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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Me/2000/XP
- Date added: June 07, 2005
- Total Downloads: 58,670
- Downloads last week: 95
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 11 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This tool finds and retrieves files with CHK extensions that are commonly generated by ScanDisk or Chkdsk upon repairing a corrupted file. CHK-Mate's straightforward interface takes you through a three-step wizard process to locate, select a destination for, and recover the CHK files. Its primary function is to determine and convert CHK files to one of more than a dozen file types, including JPEG, XLS, DOC, and WAV, but you can add other file types. In our tests, the application adequately converted files, but users have to locate and provide exact file locations, which we think is a slight flaw. We recommend this easy-to-use freeware to all users for determining which recovered files are still important.Publisher's description
From DIY Datarecovery :Have you ever lost important files after Scandisk or Chkdsk 'repaired' the file system? Did Scandisk or Chkdsk convert your files to Filexxxx.chk files? Did you ever wonder if there was something useful in those filexxxx.chk files? CHK-Mate will examine the contents of the CHK files and determine if the contents are known file types, such as MS-Word files or GIF files. When contents are recognized (for example, as a Word document), the CHK files are copied to a new file with the correct file extension (Filexxxx.CHK to Filexxxx.DOC). The new file extension allows you to easily open the file using the associated program. If the contents of a CHK file cannot be linked to a known file type, you have the option to extract all the readable text from the CHK file. Use this option to recover information from a CHK file that is perhaps not intact enough to be recovered completely as a known file type.
CNET Editor's Note: Password for Setup program: CM-SUL-130103-CMRZ.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 2.2 stars out of 11 votes
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: CHK-Mate 1
Cons: Avast! found a virus in this program. You guys need to make sure that this stuff is "clean" before you even list this program on this website!!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: CHK-Mate 1
Pros: Considering it helped recover files for a million dollar machine that is the workhorse of our company, I couldn't be happier.
Cons: Why the setup password? Oh well, other than that I'm quite thankful.
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Version: CHK-Mate 1
Cons: did no help at all
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Version: CHK-Mate 1
"Buena utilidad. Como es que no la incorpore Windows si el genera los CHK."
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Version: CHK-Mate 1
"W32/Astef.B@p2p found in software distribution package"
Pros: Although, W32/Astef.B@p2p, was found in the software distribution package, after cleaning the software worked as advertised.
Unless you know what you are doing DO NOT DOWNLOAD!
Cons: W32/Astef.B@p2p being delivered with the distribution package!
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