On 16 April 2010 11:23, javadayaz <javada...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 you have a usb memory stick you can always use that to run Ubuntu live on it and examine the internal hard disk. This is what I used to do myself before I used raid, I also use Knoppix <http://www.knoppix.net/> which did have some useful tools and guides for managing issues.
If he installed the netbook from a usb stick, then he may still have the original. If he installed from CD, you should also be able to run that live (or download a live cd image) -- John Stevenson jr0cket.com leanagilemachine.com
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