cool, thanks very much for the tip! --jordan
>From: Max Lemieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> >To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] help reading a NTFS damaged hard drive >Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:37:48 -0700 > >If you have a Windows machine handy, you could download and burn a >Knoppix live Linux CD (knoppix.org), boot your Windows machine from >it, then plug in the external USB enclosure and use commands like >this to view the contents of the disk, assuming it is viewable at >all: > >In a terminal, run: > >mkdir /mnt/usbhd >mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbhd > >Where /dev/sda1 is the pointer to your USB device. > >Other folks on this list, with more data-recovery chops, may have >ideas for recovering data in case the above doesn't work. It almost >sounds like you are in need of deeper recovery, since Windows won't >read your drive. > >HTH, >Max > >jordan bishko wrote: >>Hello, >>I was recently trying to format a brand new hard drive in an >>external enclosure and mistakenly began to reformat the internal >>boot drive (I know, stupid mistake). The reformatting process >>lasted about 5-10 seconds and the screen went black. I cannot >>mount the drive (NTFS) on a Windows or OS X machine. I am in need >>of getting a specific file folder off the drive (everything else >>was backed up). I was curious if anyone has the Linux Kernel >>allowing them to read a NTFS drive to get a file folder off it. >>The drive currently resides in an external USB enclosure. I would >>of course be willing to pay someone for their time if they could >>help. Any takers? Thank you -- >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>EUGLUG mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >> >_______________________________________________ >EUGLUG mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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