Thanks Huan, I'll give testdisk/partedmagic a try and let you know how it works. Seems to be what I'm looking for.
//_ Patrick Kilgore | Truman State University | [email protected] - [email protected] | 314.803.0842 On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Huan Truong <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick, > > I'd recommend you to try TestDisk, which is a very powerful software, which > comes with Parted Magic ( http://partedmagic.com/ ). It never ever > disappointed me (PhotoRec is its cousin -- I haven't try to use PhotoRec on > a HDD, but it worked for me on a 2GB memory card). > > In case you're unsuccessful with it, mail me privately for GetDataBack > NTFS. I haven't tried it for a long time because I already had TestDisk, but > before I discovered TestDisk GetDataBack did the work for me. > > - Huan T. > > > > > > On Jan 28, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Patrick Kilgore wrote: > > So. Long story short, I managed to break my primary windows hard drive's >> partition tables and render most of the data on it inaccessible. The problem >> is, there are some rather important documents and irreplaceable photographs >> on the drive that I haven't backed up yet, and I need help in recovering >> that data. I'm currently running Ubuntu off a spare HD so no worries about >> installing software and overwriting data on the original drive. >> >> Here are my questions: >> (1) Are there any F/OS linux utilities that I can use to recover data off >> the drive? It's an ntfs-3g drive. A utility that can repair partition tables >> may also work, but I don't understand how partition tables work so I don't >> know if this is possible. >> (2) If nobody is aware of an open source alternative - Has anyone >> currently in Kirksville previously purchased commercial data recovery >> software that I can borrow for a weekend? It can be linux/windows. >> (3) In the case that the first two are not feasible, does anyone have any >> reccomendations for commercial data recovery software? >> >> >> Thanks for the help, >> //_ >> Patrick Kilgore | Truman State University | [email protected] - >> [email protected] | 314.803.0842 >> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off this list, send email to [email protected] > with Subject: unsubscribe > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >
