Re: Disk Drive Recovery

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck Lewis wrote:
> Also take a look at Knoppix. It's a bootable Linux deal and I've managed
> to read damaged "Windows" drives fine with it. Makes me think that
> Windows "damages" a drive that "Windows" repair utilities (even those
> that boot themselves) can't read. I know this sounds crazy but I've
> personally seen this behavior more then once...

I have a drive under W2K right now that blows the W2K boot sequence. 
I'm using Knoppix to recover files from it (though I'm taking time 
to learn some Linux disk basics in order to do it.)

The drive problem for me seems only to affect some stuff involved 
with booting up Windows, so access to the "drive" and files on that 
drive is workable.

Knoppix can be handy in such cases. The boot is from the Knoppix CD.

Tom Liotta

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Try SpinRite first ... $90 software ... http://www.grc.com/intro.htm.
>
> It sounds weird, software fixing hardware, but from what I understand it
> can
> fix a good percentage of problems.  You have nothing to lose.