A new use for Linux

[Antonio Olivares]

--- Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 19:55 +0500, Mustafa Qasim
> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 7/19/07, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >         My brother-in-law uses Windows XP and his
> system crashed
> >         making his
> >         Documents unavailable. He saw how
> expensive disk recovery
> >         could be when
> >         a local Linux user volunteered to recover
> the documents for
> >         him.
> >         
> >         Now here is a whole new use for Linux and
> there is money in
> >         it 
> >         somewhere.
> >         --
> >         Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>
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> >         Now here is a whole new use for Linux and
> there is money in it
> >         somewheroe.
> > 
> > Sorry! bro. i didn't got it! what do u mean by
> "there is money in it
> > somewhere."
> > 
> I need to leave out throwaway sentences. All I meant
> was currently you
> have to pay sums of $800 or $1000 to recover data
> from a crashed
> system.. A Linux based system might offer the
> service cheaper. But it
> would not work if the Disk is actually physically
> damaged , I don't
> think.
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I have recovered many documents, word files,
spreadsheets, etc., for some colleagues at school. 
The harddrive on the host machines was going bad
giving thunking sounds.  I used Slax and recovered
many files for them and passed them on to a USB drive
and they gave me a hero's welcome.  They were very
happy to get their data back and praising me very
much.  

But if the disk is physically damaged, I concur with
you Aaron, but some say that the FBI can do, it.  
I do not know to what extent, but many people say that
they can get anything that was on your computer no
matter how many times you have reformatted your hard
drive. 

This is a page that shows up using google that says a
bit as to what happens 
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/oct2000/computer.htm

As to combat that, I do not know, some say use a
Magnet and put it next to the hard drive that you want
to be erased for good.  By doing that according to
some there is no way in the world that the FBI can get
your data.  I do not know how true the above statement
is, but many people that know about computers have
suggested this.

Regards,

Antonio



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Currently running Slax Linux Live CD, 6.0.0rc3 
root at slax:~# uptime
 17:02:08 up 2 days,  3:21,  2 users,  load average:
1.42, 2.22, 1.76
root at slax:~# uname -a
Linux slax 2.6.21.1 #1 SMP Wed May 2 16:49:45 GMT 2007
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