Re: [OT] Disc rescue...

["Andy Davies" <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

A Wiebetech (http://www.wiebetech.com/home.php)
forensic dock would be the
sort of thing you'd need - only allows read-only access to the drive - but
the prices ain't cheap.

There is another way of making a drive caddy readonly by sniping one of the
ide wires but I don't know which or where I saw the information.

Andy

http://www.wiebetech.com/home.php

On 03/05/07, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> A while ago someone on here had a drive get corrupted and recovered
the
> data
> themselves - if you're out there can you tell me tool(s) you used (or
were
> recommended to try) to recover the data?
>
> Just had my sister-in-law call and her PC's gone titsup ... haven't
seen
> it
> yet but some "PC bloke" has swapped out the hard disc for a
new one and
> reinstalled the OS etc. and has told her that the drive is corrupt but
> (intelligently IMO) instead of just nuking the drive and reinstalling
put
> in
> a new one so that she could try to get the data back off the old one.
> Unfortunately the hard disc holds all her files for her little
business
> that
> she's just started up and no, it wasn't backed up!
>
> I haven't seen the drive yet but my understanding is that it still
spins
> up
> fine, it's just that it won't get through booting so it might not be
too
> bad. Should have the drive with me sometime this weekend I expect.
>
> (And yes, I will be sorting her out with Norton Ghost and an external
> drive.)
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil
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--
Andy


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