Re: Any tool for access NTFS partition of damaged hard drive
From: Alex Malinovich (demonbane_at_the-love-shack.net)
Date: 11/21/03
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To: Debian MailList <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:59:55 -0600
On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 06:03, informatica@esanluis.com wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have a hard drive that is damaged and the BIOS can't recognize it. Could I
> access using some tool of Linux? I'm only interested in one file. Is the
> .pst file where Outlook saves the mail, it's a very large file but I would
> be pleased if that file isn't damaged.
If the BIOS won't recognize the drive you're not likely to be able to
see it under any OS. If you absolutely must have that file, there are
data recovery companies out there, unfortunately they tend to charge
around $1000 US to recover data. If you find out what's wrong with the
drive, it's occasionally possible to revive the drive even if only
temporarily using some unlikely fixes. (i.e. if the heads are jammed,
freezing the drive overnight, or giving it a sharp twist along the axis
of rotation can sometimes free the head.) If you can get the drive to
actually be recognized by the BIOS and then you still need a way to get
at your data, there's tools to help you. (Though, judging by the fact
that you're trying to recover an outlook data file, I'm guessing you
already have windows installed on there so you might as well just let
Windows boot up and copy over the file you need.)
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