i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his netbook....
but i will forward this option to him as well. On 16 April 2010 11:21, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz <javada...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> My brother has just had his hard drive fail. Testdisk is saying "All bad >> sectors". Is there anything that can be done to rescue the data? >> > > > If he (or you) have another machine, it could be removed and put in that > either directly or with a USB hard drive adapter to see if it will mount on > another machine - there's always the possibility that the drive controller > has failed rather than the drive. If that works, you could make an image of > the disk using dd or other disk imaging tools. > > s/ > > > > -- > Save BBC 6 Music http://www.love6music.com > My CV: http://sites.google.com/site/simongreenwoodscv/ > Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood > Support for unemployed IT professionals: > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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