Ooo...in that case I'd go with a USB thumbdrive that boots to Ubuntu.  (Or
whatever flavor you like best)

Question 22:

   1. What is required for Ubuntu Linux to support Advanced Format drives?
   Ubuntu 10.04 and RHEL6.x or later have native support.


 - WJR


On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:15, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Yes, I did read through that doc.  Maybe I missed something but lets say
> the OS is corrupt and I need to pull user data off that drive.  How in the
> world do I do it if my W7 box shows the disk partition as raw?****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* William Robbins [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 28, 2011 9:54 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Advanced Format Drives 512e****
>
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>
> According to Dell Win7 is *supposed* to be able to read it.
>
> There are some tools and steps for formatting here:
> http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?docid=408172
>
>
>  - WJR
>
> ****
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:43, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote:****
>
> So I just purchased a Dell Latitude E6520 laptop.  In the package I found a
> yellow notice about 512e drives.  So I read about this and it looks like the
> partitioning of the drive is different.  My W7 box doesn’t recognize the
> partition.  Does anyone know how I can access the data on this drive from an
> external box?****
>
>  ****
>
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