Before you do anything, If you can make an image backup of the whole disk( not just of the partitions, do it! Mandriva's Mandrake 10.1 can read NTFS (it also can resize NTFS). I don't know if Windows XP and the like has an unformat or not. If so you might try unformatting the disk. Beware fat32 makes a 2nd copy of the FAT. If NTFS also makes a 2nd copy, it is possible only one had been altered. If given a choice try each until you find the file. This is one reason for making the backup. It unsures you have a copy if trying to recover the file messes up the disk contents. I got in trouble trying to halt a format that was in progress, to the point that it altered the size of the disk that the partition table reported. Fortunately it was 23 hours before the warranty ran out. It needed a program typed in thru debug to rewrite the partition table of the disk to fix. Jim K
----- Original Message ----- From: "jordan bishko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:17 PM Subject: [Eug-lug] help reading a NTFS damaged hard drive > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.10 - Release Date: 4/14/05 > > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
