try rstudio
On Monday, October 3, 2011, Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04/10/11 12:18, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: >> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:27:42 +0000 (UTC) >> Walter Hurry <walterhu...@lavabit.com> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:07:23 -0400, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: >>> >>>> A few days ago one of my parents' computers stopped booting, and >>>> they don't have any external backups >>> > <snipped> > >> Apparantly my father took it to the store and they claimed it had a >> broken read/write head. Internet claims that it requires a cleanspace >> to fix and preserve data integrity. So I guess I'm out of it. >> >> -- >> rbmj >> >> > > > The process is not cheap [*1] - probably around $500 AU even if > unsuccessful (the amount of platter damage is unknown, as is the actual > problem). > > Alternatively you can do it yourself - swap platter into an identical > drive and image the drive. > > If you want to try the latter method say so and I'll post basic > instructions (it's not hard, just fiddly). > > NOTE: do it yourself and it should allow you to recover data ONLY for > use on another drive. > > Cheers > > > [*1] I don't want the work, so please don't ask. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e8a7611.8010...@gmail.com > >
