ya, I think the Knoppix boot CD and SCP might be another possible solution... I have not tried it on a windows or linux machine (for saving data purposes).
btw, I think GetDataBack costs around $85, I'm sure it's listed on their site. David M. --- Ralph Blach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Boy, this looks like a good solution to me. > > Chip > > Turnpike Man wrote: > > >"Get Data Back" http://www.runtime.org/ > > > >This has saved myself and a couple other LUGers who had win installed > machines > >screw themselves... it costs I think... but cost is minor compared to the > >savings... also, teach her how to backup... and hope that the drive is not > >phyiscally damaged. If OS corruption, you are probably ok. You will need > to > >put the damaged drive in a functioning system with this software installed. > > > >good luck, > >David M. > > > > > >--- Stephen Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I just received a call from an employee in absolute panic. Her hard drive > >>crashed and naturally she didn't have any backups. There isn't much > >>sensitive information on there, but she has a 5 month old baby, whose > >>whole record of existence is on that HD (in digital picture format!) > >> > >>Does anyone know of or have good experience with a good place to take a HD > >>to try to recover data? She's in the Wilmington area, but I don't think > >>she cares where it's recovered. From what she said to me, it doesn't > >>sound like the drive itself went completely kaput, but more then likely > >>some sort of OS corruption, it sees the boot partition and tries to load > >>windows then dies. Dell swears that the drive is bad, and will be out > >>later this week to replace it. She is obviously a windows person, but > >>when the dust settles, I'll definitely be FedEx-ing her a knoppix CD > >>(don't think now is the time to play the "if you were using linux" card). > >> > >>Both she and I thank you in advance for any pointers. > >> > >>Steve > >> > >>-- > >>TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > >>TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > >>TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > >>TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ > >http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash > > > > > > > -- > Ralph "Chip" Blach > IBM LTC > Raleigh, North Carolina > 919 543 1207 > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25� http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
