MySQL MYD and MYI and FRM files store the table name in the file name. Transparen can provide the program you need to find the mysql tables you need in hundreds of megabytes of other files.
Imagine finding bad sectors on your hard drive, running FSCK, and then finding that the whole thing is not bootable. Worse, there are no database data file directories, and no files resembling the MYD or MYI or FRM files that you require.
Imagine having no backups, or backups that are months old, and the data is worth a great deal.
The tables you need are probably in there somewhere, but it's like finding a needle in a haystack.
All the files look the same. Their file names are just numbers. MySQL does not have special headers that can be used to automatically identify the correct files - the data is stored in a plain database file.
Not only that, but there's another problem. To obtain the data, you need to have matching MYD and MYI and FRM files. If they do not match, then the table will be truncated. If the MYI is not there, then the MYD file cannot be accessed.
In other words, you're hosed. But we have the solution, and all you have to do is call us.
