Lemme guess

Post #220,786 by bepatient 8/24/05 4:46:35 PM Reply	Lemme guess I take it there is data on this drive he doesn't want to lose? That makes this a real project at this point, one that requires data recovery tools that I'm not terribly familiar with. If he just wants to put the drive in the machine and doesn't care about whats on it, the software from Western Digital should be able to handle the addition of the drive to the new machine. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #220,790 by Silverlock 8/24/05 4:58:29 PM Reply	The data on the drive is critical There is no other option than that it be recovered. ----------------------------------------- George W. Bush and his PNAC handlers sent the US into Iraq with lies. I find myself rethinking my opposition to the death penalty. --Donald Dean Richards Jr.
Post #220,796 by pwhysall 8/24/05 5:16:46 PM Reply	If that's the case... ...you should seek out a proper data recovery company and have it done professionally. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #220,798 by Steve Lowe 8/24/05 5:39:04 PM Reply	couple of suggestions In order of safety: 1) Use a live CD (like Knoppix as AnotherScott suggested) and attempt to mount the drive with it and copy everything off with rsync or even ftp. Data loss unlikely, cost free. 2) Use [link\|http://grc.com/spinrite.htm\|SpinRite] to low-level diagnose and repair the drive. Data loss could happen, cost about $90. (When I had a similar problem, I downloaded an eye-patch version to see if would work on my problem, then gladly spent the money for a legit copy.) 3) Send to a recovery service. Data recovery likely, cost likely into the $2-3thousands. LUCK -- Steve

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