Rule #1: Do no harm. First things first. Don't boot into Windows or the base OS as it tries to write all over the disk. Use a LiveCD or LiveUSB so it runs out of memory.
Rule #2: make a backup Before you start futzing with the disk, potentially rewriting things and forever erasing other things, make a backup. Most good Linux distros will let you do a 'dd' to an external drive or a partition copy (partimage is awesome!) to another drive. Rule #3: don't use defective hardware Work on a copy of your copy: install it on a new, known-good disk and then use file recovery applications, like photorec, on the copy. If all goes bad, you still have your backup and your original. As a last resort, you can go back to the original media and try wacky recovery techniques like leaving it in the freezer overnight. I won't admit to having that work for me, but 'a friend' got that to recover a drive. Did I mention making backups? You can never have too many. External drives are cheap-cheap-cheap especially in comparison to losing irreplaceable pictures, etc. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 6:45 PM, M Jarvis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]> wrote: >> A friend of mine has a hard disk filled with photographs that can't be >> recovered using the standard methods. What's a good, reliable data recovery >> company that people have >> used recently and were satisfied with the services? >> > > What are these 'standard methods' you are referring to? > > Can you boot to a Linux distro, mount the disk, and move them off to > something else? > > -- > Matt Jarvis > Eugene, Oregon USA -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4twd3dc1x4ujhcjzc3578c9fo0ua8xo2ienufly147...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
