On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:27:59 +1300
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Saturday 18 February 2006 02:15, motivated wrote:
> > Wesley could you keep me updated on your rescue efforts please. My ladys
> > hd dropped dead (fatal error message, she is using windows), but I now
> > need to salvage as much as is possible. Naturally nothing was backed up,
> > then again, nothing is real important, it would just be nice to save
> > whatever I can.
> Try booting the machine using a LiveCD such as Knoppix.
> Try mounting the hardrive.
> See if you can access the files.
> Best of luck! ( You'll need it, it's Windows )
> 
> -- 
> CS

The problem with this approach is that you may only have one shot left before 
the disk completely disgraces itself. I try and dump the contents, then I can 
try and rebuild this at my leisure.

Steve

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