Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On 17 Oct 2006 20:18:40 -0700, "gel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed > the following in comp.lang.python: > > > I would like to write some data recovery software as a learning thing. > > The sort of thing that you would use to recover data from a currupt HDD > > or floppy etc. I would like to be pointed in the right direction as > > far as modules to use and suggested approaches. > > Uh... this is highly OS dependent... You need to be able to do > direct RAW disk sector addressing; something that OSs don't really like > to give to applications. You also need very good documentation of the > file system (and the only file system I know well enough to navigate at > that level is one I haven't used in over a decade -- the file system > used by the Amiga, which was a hashed-head, multiple linked list > scheme). > -- > Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
Yes, OK I guess NTFS would be of most interest to me. From the research I have been doing it may be that it is a fairly in depth undertaking and possibly not such a good project considering my knowledge of NTFS and python. I will have bit more of a look about. Thanks > (Bestiaria Support Staff: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list