Topic: multitrack problem....reaper, alesis multimix 8 usb 2.0

[heyitsmejess]

i used the afore mentioned combo into a dell mini inspiron netbook.
during recording, it appeared to to be recording flawlessly.  however, the files are nowhere to be found on the computer.

running a file-recovery program, i found a bunch of wav "clusters", but they dont come anywhere near the size that an hour of 4 tracks at 32/44.1 should be.

however, there is a ton of .rar files, the size of which comes very close to what would be expected in size.

question 1 : should i try to pull the rar files and see what i get?
question 2  : how would i go about putting these "clusters" together?

any help is appreciated!
thanks in advance!

[TNJazz]

Have you tried looking for .bwf files?

Alternatively, search for the .repeaks files and the audio should be in the same directory...

[heyitsmejess]

no bwf files, and i cant find the repeaks files.
nowever, i tried a different recovery program, and behold....there is appx 1.5 gigs of wav clusters.

now how would i assemble the clusters?  i cant find that option on the program im using (its just called file recovery).

BTW this computer is about as clean as it gets....less than a month old, and only a few mp3 files that are my boys.