On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:28:50 -0700, Wade Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:38:47PM +0200, Daniel Kradolfer - smile > solutions gmbh wrote: > > is there a possibility to recover data from a hd that > > is overwritten with dd?? > > If the data was actually overwritten, then recovering it will require > very specialized equipment, the sort that three-letter government > agencies are rumoured to have. > > If the data you lost is really valuable (like the location of that > $300 million lottery ticket), then it's probably worth it to talk to > every data-recovery specialist to see if they have the equipment and > expertise to recover overwritten data. It will cost a lot (I'd expect > the price to be in the tens of thousands of dollars, and I would not > be surprised to find the price is in the hundreds of thousands). > > For mere mortals like us, it's not possible to recover data from a hd > that's been overwritten with dd. ..how about us who screw up an ext3fs with fsck -y off a bad inode? ..It takes 3-letter-agency patience and 4 letter language, what else? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
