On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 08:53, Greg C. Madden wrote: > On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 13:16, Bob Thibodeau wrote: > > This may be addressed somewhere, > > but my only access right now is my > > palm handheld. > > > > Are there any utilities in debian to > > attempt data recovery on a hard > > drive? > > > > Sometime between midnight and 10am, > > while powered off, the W98 box > > at work lost its primary partition. > > I'm reinstalling on a spare drive right > > now, and I'm not very optimistic > > about finding a 'doze tool that will > > help me find any data that might > > still be there. > > > > Unless I'm wrong, the best option is > > for me to take the drive home and > > use some low-level access tools to > > examine it. Any ideas on the best > > way to go about this? I brought in > > a Tom's RTBT in case it would be > > usefull. > > > > TIA, > > Bob > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > There is a tool dd_rescue that may help, I haven't used it. > http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/ > > A neat rescue bootable cdrom: > http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/
I have used rip before, and it is really excellent. I always have a copy on CD for when things turn bad. Crispin Wellington -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
