Hi Guys Thanks for all those who made me feel more stupid. not. Even though I'm not a newbie, I did a very stupid thing. I apologise for not measuring up to wizard status.
Really though, thanks to all those who really gave some good pointers on retrieving the data. In the end, I installed a fresh copy of Win 98 in the first part of the disk which was wiped. As I wanted to retrieve a Fat16 partition on which I stored my data, it seemed more logical. I googled and found this wonderful, wonderful sight, http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html This, it turns out, compiles and runs under linux and Win 9x. A little 100k program from a DOS disk, enabled me to see and reenable my partitions on the last part of my drive. A reboot into Windows and voila, my drive is there, I just have to reinstall my bootload for Linux now. I can laugh at myself, and have learnt my lesson. Thanks all Chris -----Original Message----- From: Michael Lake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 19 April 2002 4:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Recovering data from a Windows disk using Linux tools. ben_donohue wrote: > Ahh, flame time again, ahh, really quickly, ahh > there used to be undelete. probably heaps of free tools on the internet. > DOS deletes the first character of the file name. changes it to ?. You'll > need to "use your linux tools" to reset the first character of the file name > and then it recoginises it in the directory listing as a valid file. Ah but he didnt delete the files. He reformatted the disk :-) He did a better job than undelete :-) I'll get him to bring the disk to me and see what I can see under Linux. Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Lake University of Technology, Sydney Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 02 9514 1724 Fx: 02 9514 1628 Linux enthusiast, active caver and interested in anything technical. -------------------------------------------------------------------- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ===================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ===================================================================== -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.346 / Virus Database: 194 - Release Date: 10/04/02 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.346 / Virus Database: 194 - Release Date: 10/04/02 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
