Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
On Wednesday 30 May 2007, sean wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sunday 27 May 2007, Albert Hopkins wrote: On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 09:26 -0400, sean wrote: I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed. I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be able to make this happen? If the drive experienced a head crash, then there is pretty much nothing you can do. Wrong. If the drive suffered a head crash, you would be amazed what data recovery experts can do. They are very expensive, if I recall correctly? If you mean expensive as in the price tag is a largeish number, then the answer is yes. But some data is priceless. One of our notebooks in the office had a disk crash two months back, no backups. The final cost was 50% the price of a new high end notebook, the cost of never getting that data back ever again was the loss of a 7 figure contract. For us, it was dirt cheap :-) If your friend needs to get back data that means something to them but is otherwise not valuable, then they might be in for a shock alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
On Tue, 29 May 2007 22:13:58 -0400 sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Kirkwood wrote: sean wrote: I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed. I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be able to make this happen? What happened when you tried to mount it (and is it formatted NTFS or FATXX)? If the disk has real errors (i.e bad sectors as opposed to software/windows problems), then app-forensics/autopsy might get the important user data off. Cheers Mark Tried to mount it as NTFS. Not familiar with this software, will have to check it out. Thanks Sean There are things you can do if - AND ONLY IF - the drive doesn't work when used as usual. Don't try this until you're sure there's no other option. Also, I have never done this, but have had it explained to me by 2 techs, one who owns his own shop, and another who worked at compUSA, in the tech department, and I belive them. The first thing you can try is to freeze the drive. How to keep the condensation out, I don't know.. I seem to recall seeing a drive in an antistatic bag in a freezer but I don't know the details. hopefully the internet can fill them in. You might also try keeping it cold with compressed air cleaning canisters held upside down, or using them for light cooling by themselves. Look into it, at any rate, because I think this one's promising. Secondly, a drive sometimes needs a little 'encouragement' before it'll cough up the data. Try tapping , nudging, or banging it around a little before you decide to throw it away. I certainly hope this helps a bit. This is of course a last resort -- people are probably going to say it's rediculous, but there's no loss at the point of your trashing the disk. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
Mick wrote: On Sunday 27 May 2007 14:36, Albert Hopkins wrote: On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 09:26 -0400, sean wrote: I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed. I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be able to make this happen? If the drive experienced a head crash, then there is pretty much nothing you can do. On the other hand if it is a matter of an MS OS crash, just use a LiveCD and save the data onto a DVD/CDROM, CF memory stick, or a server. Tried something like that, no good. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sunday 27 May 2007, Albert Hopkins wrote: On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 09:26 -0400, sean wrote: I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed. I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be able to make this happen? If the drive experienced a head crash, then there is pretty much nothing you can do. Wrong. If the drive suffered a head crash, you would be amazed what data recovery experts can do. They are very expensive, if I recall correctly? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
Albert Hopkins wrote: On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 09:26 -0400, sean wrote: I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed. I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be able to make this happen? If the drive experienced a head crash, then there is pretty much nothing you can do. -- Albert W. Hopkins I think it is such a crash. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
Mark Kirkwood wrote: sean wrote: I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed. I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be able to make this happen? What happened when you tried to mount it (and is it formatted NTFS or FATXX)? If the disk has real errors (i.e bad sectors as opposed to software/windows problems), then app-forensics/autopsy might get the important user data off. Cheers Mark Tried to mount it as NTFS. Not familiar with this software, will have to check it out. Thanks Sean -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
On Sunday 27 May 2007, Albert Hopkins wrote: On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 09:26 -0400, sean wrote: I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed. I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be able to make this happen? If the drive experienced a head crash, then there is pretty much nothing you can do. Wrong. If the drive suffered a head crash, you would be amazed what data recovery experts can do. But true enough, there might be very little that sean personally and by himself can do :-) alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed. I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be able to make this happen? Thanks Sean -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 09:26 -0400, sean wrote: I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed. I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be able to make this happen? If the drive experienced a head crash, then there is pretty much nothing you can do. -- Albert W. Hopkins -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
On Sunday 27 May 2007 14:36, Albert Hopkins wrote: On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 09:26 -0400, sean wrote: I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed. I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be able to make this happen? If the drive experienced a head crash, then there is pretty much nothing you can do. On the other hand if it is a matter of an MS OS crash, just use a LiveCD and save the data onto a DVD/CDROM, CF memory stick, or a server. -- Regards, Mick pgpuKkpeJD9Az.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
sean wrote: I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed. I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be able to make this happen? What happened when you tried to mount it (and is it formatted NTFS or FATXX)? If the disk has real errors (i.e bad sectors as opposed to software/windows problems), then app-forensics/autopsy might get the important user data off. Cheers Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
