RE: [OT] Disc rescue...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed - - but the drive may already have been modified anyway so it's
just
going to be a case of trying to rescue what's left of it now so just need
to
find some software to try to polish the turd as best as it can. ;-)

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Andy Davies
> Sent: 03 May 2007 14:10
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Disc rescue...
>
> 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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