Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-29 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 01:53:01PM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: This will be a problem, as you should first image the disk(s) and work from the images, not the physical disk. It is especially important for the disk throwing errors, every read attempt may worsen it's condition.

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-29 Thread Brad Alexander
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 4:17 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: 1) I have a hard disk (1Tb, the bigger) which gave me many errors when I am trying to read it. It makes it very slow to even read, but I've been able to determine that it contains jpg images with a classic file browser. I

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 27/12/2012 22:17, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Ok, first, sorry to ask two questions at a time: dead drives and deleted partitions are different things, I know that. Let me explain my (they are, in fact, friend's problems) two problems (from different peoples). === 0) the common

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread berenger . morel
I have heard good things of PhotoRec: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhotoRec http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec But I have no personal experience of it. The advice is always to copy the drive that needs rescuing to another drive, and work on the copy, not the orginal. Again, I have not

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 12:50 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: I have heard good things of PhotoRec: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhotoRec http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec But I have no personal experience of it. The advice is always to copy the drive that needs

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 13:19 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 12:50 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: I have heard good things of PhotoRec: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhotoRec http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec But I have no personal experience of

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:17:56PM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Ok, first, sorry to ask two questions at a time: dead drives and deleted partitions are different things, I know that. ... (2), I've more hopes, IF the user stopped the destructive process before the disk was

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 01:19:21PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 12:50 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: I have heard good things of PhotoRec: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhotoRec http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec But I have no personal

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread berenger . morel
This will be a problem, as you should first image the disk(s) and work from the images, not the physical disk. It is especially important for the disk throwing errors, every read attempt may worsen it's condition. Use tools like (g)ddrescue to make a copy despite read errors. I know, and am

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 21:35 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: Hi, On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:17:56PM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Ok, first, sorry to ask two questions at a time: dead drives and deleted partitions are different things, I know that. ... (2), I've more hopes, IF

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread berenger . morel
I only can repeat, that the OP by all means should mount the drive read only. Mounting with -ro sounds wiser to me, I think you are true. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread Federico Alberto Sayd
On 27/12/12 18:17, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Ok, first, sorry to ask two questions at a time: dead drives and deleted partitions are different things, I know that. Let me explain my (they are, in fact, friend's problems) two problems (from different peoples). === 0) the common

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:45:20 +0900 Osamu Aoki os...@debian.org wrote: Hi, On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 01:19:21PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 12:50 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: I have heard good things of PhotoRec:

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 01:23:47PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: ... PS: Even if you make a backup first, by all means mount the drive or partition read only, before you access it. Hmmm... Maybe I was too short on explanation. The best practice is NOT TO MOUNT AT ALL. If your desktop system

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 28 December 2012 18:26:08 Osamu Aoki wrote: PS: I am not recommending to mount nor work on the original data disk. Several people have said that Osamu, including me - even if less eruditely than you. But the difficulty is that the problem disk does not belong to the OP, but to a

Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-27 Thread berenger . morel
Ok, first, sorry to ask two questions at a time: dead drives and deleted partitions are different things, I know that. Let me explain my (they are, in fact, friend's problems) two problems (from different peoples). === 0) the common part. By the past, I've did some researches about forensics

Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions

2012-12-27 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 27 December 2012 21:17:56 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Ok, first, sorry to ask two questions at a time: dead drives and deleted partitions are different things, I know that. Let me explain my (they are, in fact, friend's problems) two problems (from different peoples).