Re: OT File recovery Software

2005-09-06, Responding to Cripple...
> When I built this new computer, I used my storage disk to install XP
> onto. Well, I emptied the disk that I wanted the XP installed on. It
> established the partition that it installed on to BUT the other two disks on
> that hard drive disappeared.

This is confusing. Do you mean "partitions" on your hard
drive? Or do you have several hard drives and mean... 'er..
something else?


> Last night I found an excellent File Recovery Program - "Recover My
> Files"
> It cost $70. Many of these programs cost in the $25-35 range. I tried the
> demo on many of the programs, at least 10 and none of the inexpensive ones
> could even find the unpartitioned portion of the damaged disk.
> Just my recomendation in case some of you ever need such a program, It
> is able to recover specific type files that you choose off a list of program
> types. It has a 30 day Money back Guarentee and thankfully I do not need
> it.


You can get a full Linux OS designed to be run direct from
the CDROM. Its got loads of tools you could probably have
used to mount the suspect drive and recover the files from.

Search "Knoppix".

I think there is a FreeBSD version too.

They're free to download and use. No registration required. ;)



I might suggest that before you get to installing a new OS,
you make sure you use a disk paritioning tool to create at
least two partitions on your hard drive, (assuming you only
have one), one for your operating system, and the other for
your data. This way, even a total unrecoverable system crash
should not put your files at risk.


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