Trying to rescue a hard disk -- weired feedback??
Ric Moore
wayward4now at gmail.com
Sun Jan 20 08:58:22 UTC 2008
On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 14:02 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> max bianco wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Jan 18, 2008 12:12 PM, max bianco <maximilianbianco at gmail.com
> > <mailto:maximilianbianco at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 18, 2008 11:59 AM, William Case <billlinux at rogers.com
> > <mailto:billlinux at rogers.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi;
> >
> > I have never been a tech support person. But I can see why some
> > of them
> > go crazy.
> >
> >
> > My friend just told me that his drive 'broke' while he was trying to
> > increase the size of his WindowXP partition while in Fedora using
> > 'parted'. His description "Everything was working fine then
> > 'parted'
> > burped and didn't finish moving files and the disk hasn't worked
> > since".
> >
> > It sounds like he has lost all his partitions. He can't
> > re-install the
> > Windows part. He bought his re-furbished computer that included
> > WindowsXP Pro from a reputable dealer. He failed to get an
> > installation
> > disk. I assume the .cab files have been stored in the Windows
> > partition.
> >
> > As unlikely as it seems, can anyone suggest a way to find a
> > bootable
> > partition, Fedora or Windows. If I can get to Fedora, there is
> > a chance
> > I can rescue his Fedora files, and perhaps mount the Windows
> > partition
> > to save some of his Windows files. If not, I will tell him to
> > phone the
> > dealer and see if they can help.
> >
> > Although the situation is not desperate, desperate (i.e. only
> > personal
> > and household data are on his files) I am regarding this as a
> > learning
> > challenge that contains some bragging rights. Any suggestions
> > gratefully received.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Assuming you can mount the drive . Try some of the data recovery
> > tools in the repos
> > testdisk has worked for me in the past, dd_rescue is another and
> > there are more but my experience with data recovery is limited.
> > Always read the man pages before you use the tools.
> >
> > -Max
> >
> > I wasn't very clear. Hook the drive up to a working Linux box. Most of
> > the data recovery tools are there for most of the distributions. There
> > are some live cd's that contain such tools but i can't for the life of
> > me think of one right now.
> >
> > -Max
> >
> If you don't want to remove the drive, you can try and recover the
> partition table using a bootable CD. I keep a copy of the System
> Rescue CD for tasks like this.
Huh, mine knocks like a 52 Ford that tossed a rod, and I can't get the
system to get past the kernel load during boot, if I attach that drive.
I'll try the rescue CD, but I doubt it'll get any further. Ric
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