Data Recovery Help

[Andrew Kelly]

On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 18:17, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> Any chance you could beat your mailer into submission and make it wrap
> lines every 72 chars or so?  I'll reformat this.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 08:32:55AM -0600, Mugleston, Brad wrote:
> > My son's college computer died.  He's got a lot of files on the
> > drive he needs.  It's been years since I've messed with windows and
> > file recovery BUT I believe I know how to do it using Linux 8^).
> > I'm looking for a Linux rescue CD (probably and ISO).  I know there
> > were some credit card once available and I've found those but they
> > are very old.  Anyone know of a newer version, full size CD would be
> > fine (don't have one of those neat USB things, yet).
> 
> All of the FC distro CD1s (and RH 9, I think) have a rescue function.
> Just put "linux rescue" at the boot prompt.
> 
> You might consider Tom's Root and Boot:
> 
> http://www.toms.net/rb/
> 
> It fits the essentials of Linux on a floppy.
> 
> > I'll need it to be able to access an Windows XP drive(s)
> 
> If it's an NTFS filesystem, you may well have problems.  If it's FAT*
> you're okay.

Another option (although it rather runs screaming from anything list
related) would be to pull the disk, jump it as a slave and hang it in a
Windows box.*

* Assuming, of course, that it's just the OS that got toasted and not
the disk itself.


Andy

> > and move
> > the files across my home network to save someplace.  Graphical would
> > be best as that way my son can do the work but if command line is
> > all that is available he will survive - he needs to grow up
> > sometime.
> > 
> > Also, some basic instructions would be fantastic as I'll probably
> > just given him the location and get one of his friends to burn the
> > CD for him.
> > 
> > One last thing - please respond directly as I can only send email to
> > the list from where I'm at (I get all the traffic at home).
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Brad
> 
> Cheers,