Re: [Thinkpad] [OT] HD/File Recovery Tools

James H. E. Maugham wrote:
> Once again I ask the list's deep wealth of knowledge to address a problem.
>
> I've got a client's desktop HD that took a dump over the weekend and is now
> bound back to Maxtor for a warranty replacement.
>
> Before I speed it on it's way I've been asked to attempt to recover as much
> as possible from it and my usual toolkit is coming up empty.
>
> Most of the files are still visible when I boot one of my backup desktops
> with a W98 BOOT disk, but all attempts to read the HD when attached to one
> of my XP or W2K systems fails utterly with a cryptic message that the HD
> isn't formatted.
>
> What I'm looking for is an XP/W2K compatible utility that could possibly
> recover some of the files off this HD, so I'm asking for suggestions as to
> what has been found to work by the list denizens.
>
> So far I've tried Acronis DiskEditor and Recovery Expert, an old copy of
> Disk Commander, PQ RescueMe and Lost and Found, all with no success.
>
> All suggestions are gratefully welcomed!
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
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You need to use software that reads disk sectors. Win$ software does not
do this. It just reads the fat/fat32 tables to point to content. There
are many old and new dos/unix disk readers out there that can read
sectors and recover them.

Regards,

David

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