Jan said:
JR ... I think my problem is not so much one of data recovery but a
JR utility that works with NTFS [not FAT32] which I could use to
JR block the few bad sectors I have fix the one file link which
JR is what I think is affecting TB!. But to the best of my
JR knowledge, I haven't lost any data yet.
JR ... I should have a better utility that MS chkdsk anyway. I want
JR to block off those questionable sectors.
JR ... I'm not really a Norton fan.
Aside from OnTrack (who supplies the installation disks that come w/
many if not most hard drives purchased separately), among the people
who have hard disk control down pat are PowerQuest (PartitionMagic
other utilities) www.powerquest.com and relatively recently I found
two other firms that offer similar applications: Paragon and Acronis.
http://www.paragon.ru/n_frame.htm and http://www.acronis.com
I am using the Acronis OS Selector and Disk Administrator which has
functions similar to PartitionMagic's. I've used it to partition, as
well as resize and move partitions and change partitions from one
file system format to another, with data and all already installed
on the drives. It's worked well for those tasks, but didn't
recognize a version of XP Home that I had installed on another hard
drive that is there as a slave. So I can't recommend it as a boot
manager (until I get that detail resolved after installing another
OS like Linux when I have a little more time) but there are a lot of
things there that might be useful and the people I dealt with were
quite helpful and pleasant to deal with.
Take a look at all three sites and you just might find what you're
looking for on any or all of them. I'm sure you won't be afraid to
use a program from the ex-Soviet Union (Paragon is in St.
Petersburg). I was already trying out the Acronis OS Selector when I
ran into that one, but what I saw on the website looked very
complete. If you need any info regarding the Acronis OS Selector I
can check on it's functions for you, since I have a fully functional
copy.
For instance: I could make a NTFS partition and try to change it to
FAT32. Would that help?
Acronis also offers something called Acronis Recovery Expert for
$29.95 but you might need to have it installed before your problem
occurs.
Automatically recover ANY partition with ANY file system,
including Windows FAT and NTFS, Linux Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, Linux
SWAP, HPFS, and many more
Anyway, there are more options out there than Norton, LookOut
Express and Eudora.
It this gets too OT, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the eccopro
address) rather than the myrealbox.com address
Douglas
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