Re: Help recovering information from Windows

I've used INSERT (http://www.inside-security.de/insert_en.html) before.

Live, Bootable CD. Just download and burn it. It boots linux and can
sometimes help you recover data/files/etc it finds on the disks.

Keep in mind, you can spend a LOT of time digging around looking for
stuff, but if you have very important files, this can save ya.

Good luck,
Dustin

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:34 AM, Karl Auer <kauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 07:56 -0430, Amanda Farr wrote:
I heard you can download and burn an ubuntu live cd and mount the disk
and recover the information that way. I'm just a little shaky about
how to go about doing it.

Beg borrow or buy (they are VERY cheap) a USB HDD enclosure, the ones
for 2.5" form factor drives. Extract the hard disk from your laptop (it
will be easier than you think). Put it in the enclosure, then attach the
enclosure to some other PC and extract what you need from the drive
(assuming it is still there).

If you cannot mount the disk at all, or the data you need doesn't seem
to be there any more, then it is time to get expert help (or give up).

Regards, K.


--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Karl Auer (kauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) +61-2-64957160 (h)
http://www.biplane.com.au/~kauer/ +61-428-957160 (mob)

GPG fingerprint: DD23 0DF3 2260 3060 7FEC 5CA8 1AF6 D9E3 CFEE 6B28


--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users



--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Review: JJ-23VSUES SATA to USB2/eSATA enclosure
    ... The Jou Jye JJ-23VSUES is an external 3.5" enclosure for SATA ... It has both an USB2.0 and an eSATA connector. ... will likely kill your disk anyways. ... with rsync brought it up to 13C over ambient temperature, ...
    (comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage)
  • Review: JJ-23VSUES SATA to USB2/eSATA enclosure
    ... The Jou Jye JJ-23VSUES is an external 3.5" enclosure for SATA ... the disk is held in place by two ... the Samsung operates at 9C over ambient temperature when idle ... eSATA gives full SATA speeds. ...
    (comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage)
  • Re: WinXP, Dual Boot, New Hard Drive
    ... >> the USB external enclosure that you already have. ... I use a Ghost bootable floppy disk to undertake the cloning ... >> hard drive) disk and the destination disk. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: Old Mac Mini - what system to upgrade to?
    ... an external startup disk that didn't spin down, ... I haven't noticed delays when starting from my internal drives. ... It spins up loud and fast. ... I don't know if it's a defect, a feature of the chipset, or something designed into the enclosure. ...
    (comp.sys.mac.system)
  • Re: Do hard disks get less tolerant to heat as they age?
    ... be to remove the disk from its enclosure and connect ... Yeah, some drives get stinking hot when run loose on the desktop. ...
    (comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage)