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From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@××××××××××××.nz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 03:23:41
Message-Id: 465A49EA.9060309@paradise.net.nz
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk by sean
1 sean wrote:
2 > I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just crashed.
3 >
4 > I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the drive to
5 > mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her.
6 >
7 > Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might be
8 > able to make this happen?
9
10 What happened when you tried to mount it (and is it formatted NTFS or
11 FATXX)?
12
13 If the disk has real errors (i.e bad sectors as opposed to
14 software/windows problems), then app-forensics/autopsy might get the
15 important user data off.
16
17 Cheers
18
19 Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk sean <tech.junk@×××××××.net>