FYI - I got the adapter and the HD is readable...thank God. I made a copy and will work checking the HD for damaged files. Thanks for help Shawn.
Jerry -----Original Message----- From: "Shawn" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:30pm To: "CLUG General" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Ubuntu data recovery btw, if the drive was damaged, you *may* be able to recover data using "dd" or "ddrescue". It depends on the nature/severity of the damage. And there is always drive recovery companies like CBL for the heavy lifting stuff, but be prepared for a very large bill for that type of work. On 12-10-09 02:26 PM, Attalin wrote: > Thank you. > > Shawn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You can pick up a USB/SATA adapter from Memory Express for around $30. >> You could pull the hard drive out of the damaged laptop, and hook it up >> to a desktop (or other laptop) with one of these adapters. Then you can >> look at the drive just like any other USB memory stick and pull your >> data off of it. >> >> Assuming the drive itself isn't damaged. If the laptop was off when it >> had it's hard impact the drive should have been parked and should >> therefore be still useful. If it was spinning at the time of the >> impact, then there are a lot of IF's involved (did the safeties kick in, >> if not were the heads over a non critical part, are the electronics >> damaged, etc.) >> >> You might be able to simply transfer the drive to your replacement >> laptop and have it boot up just like the old system. Ubuntu detects >> hardware on boot and sets up the required drivers on the fly, rather >> than only supporting the hardware there is drivers installed for. So >> you could transfer the drive freely - assuming the drive itself is not >> damaged. >> >> HTH. >> >> Shawn >> >> On 12-10-09 01:12 PM, Jerry Rukavina wrote: >>> Hello Everyone, >>> My Ubuntu machine crashed (Toshiba Satelitte A200 ST2). I believe the HD is >>> still intact (SATA). The machine is non-functioning, won't turn on due to >>> an accidnet - a hard impact and the keyboard is busted. Can someone help me >>> to recover the HD data? >>> Thank you in advance. >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> clug-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>> **Please remove these lines when replying >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
