I think I just leaned my favorite phrase :D "Microflaccid Windoze" Im stealin' it
Cheers. and I totally agree. the data recovery stuff is ridiculous expensive. Worth it for book keepers and accountants with bad backup practices :-o On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Bones <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 11:54 -0700, mike n wrote: > > Oh dang. I would advise against the freezer bit. I have a extensive > experience in data recovery. I agree that the external case should be ruled > out first. There are several options. Most of my experience is using Linux > and low lever utilities. I have used > http://www.file-recovery.com/successfully. The main issue is that you do not > overwrite any portion of > the data. > > > > > The freezer trick sometimes works if it a hard drive only and not in an > external case, and if when plugging the hard drive into a computer it > simply will not mount. This is a last ditch effort when all else has failed > and the expense of sending the drive to a data recovery firm can't be > justified. I use Linux for data recovery as it will often mount and allow > access to a drive that Microflaccid Windoze doesn't want to know about. > But there are times when nothing works and wrapping Mr Hard Drive in a > plastic bag and freezing him overnight occasionally will get the thing > going long enough to retrieve some data. As I said only to be used as a > last resort. > > Bones > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Papermodels II" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
