> On 30 November 2018 at 08:10 Subash Jeyan <pdml.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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....
Command line is good. Many thanks. > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 11:29 AM mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> > 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 <c...@lantic.net> 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.