Jared thanks for the tip. I've learned a bit more about SSD; every day is a school day.
The lost partition involves some, or maybe all, of the following - disconnection from the PC (possibly mid operation) and being dropped on the floor. Not a lot more detail than that.
I've attached a...
Toshiba DTP110 - initial problem was a lost partition. TestDisk has 'recovered' the partition but cannot retrieve the files. PhotoRec and other recovery software all pull up a few .txt files, but mainly a variation on the number of large (1 to 4 Gb) .swf files.
Any ideas on how to get the...