Re: Disk Drive Recovery

[Neil Palmer <neilpalmer400mr@xxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I've used Knoppix or Kanotix CD's several times to recover files from Windows PC's that would no longer boot from disk.  Just boot it up from CD and mount the hard drive, mount a USB drive (if Knoppix drives are mounted Read Only, so right click/Actions/Change Read-Write Mode).  Note - you will want your USB drive formatted as FAT-32 not NTFS.

www.knoppix.net/
www.kanotix.com/changelang-eng.html

Neil Palmer, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

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--- On Tue, 9/2/08, Chuck Lewis <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Chuck Lewis <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Disk Drive Recovery
> To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Received: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 10:25 AM
> 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...
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Tom Jedrzejewicz
> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 5:10 PM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Disk Drive Recovery
>
> 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.



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