Wow...LOL... I forgot about this little thread I made (I had it on e-mail alert - hence the reason I'm posting now).

To answer your question - yes they were 'in red' and completely unrecoverable at my level of skill. Unfortunately, I'm unsure of what the red means, other than that it probably indicates that it is corrupted (best guess).

As it turned out, my problem was complicated by two factors: First, I was having trouble allocating RAM, and secondly (more importantly) I was using a USB port for my cable connection...

The helpful people at www.napsterites.com (AKA www.p2p-zone.com) were able to help - see this thread (it'll take you through some of the solutions):

http://www.p2p-zone.com/underground/...threadid=17151

They were so helpful - I became a regular there. Hope it helps, matey.