Attempting recovery of files from pvr9200 with lost index list. 100 GB of files, plus 2 newly recorded files which are indexed. Used humaxrw, humaxcheck and all the tips on blogs over the years. I have established the disk number, 3, and once only I actually got a list of 3 partition identifiers using -p. The Humax partition is clearly corrupted by my failures to stop Windows 7 mounting the drive. During the procedure I put the drive back in the Humax where it worked, but now it only loads the software and can see no drive, so clearly I have clobbered it in the end. If none of the humaxrw and humaxcheck options help (and in case I am missing something, which are the most powerful?) beyond reporting bad or no partition, is reformatting the Humax drive the only future? I can't find Humaxdiag but tried a dd instruction I found for copying the partition data. Hummyreadfiles094 did not help. Everything run as Administrator including command prompt.
Incidentally, in a post-mortem spirit, Windows 7 insists on installing the drive. Preventing driver download does not help. Uninstalling it has some effect on where it appears, but basically it still has its drivers until the next reboot. Whereupon it insists on reinstalling the drivers it has just removed! Finally after research and since by chance I have W7Professional I found a policy option to stop the installation, but I fear too late for the Humax.
I would be grateful if any old soldier familiar with this battlefield has any help to offer.