i have had success in the past with TestDisk/PhotoRec: https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
as the above site says, "PhotoRec ignores the file system and goes after the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media's file system has been severely damaged or reformatted." command line only but very effective.... On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 11:29 AM mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure spinrite is suitable for this occurence. My home system is > Linux and any disc recovery is beyond my meagre computing skills, so I'm > taking it in to work to see if any of the techs there will help me. > > > On 30 November 2018 at 03:18 Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > There are specialists who can recover data from "damaged" HD's. > > > > Alan C > > > > On 29-Nov-18 08:32 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > > I've had three hard drives on the go for a while. Two at home and one > off site. The off site one croaked so I had a replacement to format. > Before that kicked off, I added some files to one of the other drives and > then started backing that up to the other. At which point we had one of > those micro disruptions, where all the lights flicker - and computers > reboot. Now neither of the drives is responsive - about four years' work. > Did I mention I hate digital photography? > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
