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Getting data off a bad hd?
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| ***** charles 2006-07-01, 1:17 pm |
| Hi all,
I have a hd that fails the SMART test and I need a lot
of files off it. Fortunately they are all set up as directories
and subdirectories under one directory so if I could just
get a copy of that, I would be ok. The file system is
NTFS and the directory I need is about 9.2G big. I have
set up a second hd, 15G that is good and I was
wondering what is the best live linux cd that I could use
to solve my problem? if the following were true?:
1st hd: 20G with Windows XP Home doesn't boot
IDE Master first connector
2nd hd: 60G with the data I need NTFS file system
IDE Slave first connector
1st cdrom: IDE Master second connector, the booter
3rd hd: 15G one FAT32 partition
IDE Slave second connector, where data will go
When I hook up the bad hd, windows will not boot
otherwise, boots fine.
any ideas?
thanks,
charles.....
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| chuckcar 2006-07-02, 7:17 pm |
| "***** charles" <shultzjrX@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:zQupg.58229$Lm5.46670@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a hd that fails the SMART test and I need a lot
> of files off it. Fortunately they are all set up as directories
> and subdirectories under one directory so if I could just
> get a copy of that, I would be ok. The file system is
> NTFS and the directory I need is about 9.2G big. I have
> set up a second hd, 15G that is good and I was
> wondering what is the best live linux cd that I could use
> to solve my problem? if the following were true?:
>
> 1st hd: 20G with Windows XP Home doesn't boot
> IDE Master first connector
> 2nd hd: 60G with the data I need NTFS file system
> IDE Slave first connector
> 1st cdrom: IDE Master second connector, the booter
> 3rd hd: 15G one FAT32 partition
> IDE Slave second connector, where data will go
>
> When I hook up the bad hd, windows will not boot
> otherwise, boots fine.
>
> any ideas?
>
> thanks,
> charles.....
>
>
>
Compile NTFS partition and file system support into the kernel, reboot
linux and mount the NTFS partitions and copy.
--
(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )
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| ***** charles 2006-07-03, 1:17 pm |
| "chuckcar" <chuckcar@nil.org> wrote in message
news:Xns97F4AA9005F09chuckcar@81.174.50.80...
> "***** charles" <shultzjrX@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
> news:zQupg.58229$Lm5.46670@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com:
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> Compile NTFS partition and file system support into the kernel, reboot
> linux and mount the NTFS partitions and copy.
>
> --
> (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )
I booted with knoppix 5.0.1 and it booted fine.
Then I tried to run fsck on the drive and I got
an error message about not supporting ntfs.
Buy the way, the drive wouldn't mount. How
do I get fsck to work on the drive?
thanks,
charles.....
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| joseph2k 2006-07-04, 1:19 am |
| chuckcar wrote:
> "***** charles" <shultzjrX@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
> news:zQupg.58229$Lm5.46670@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com:
>
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> Compile NTFS partition and file system support into the kernel, reboot
> linux and mount the NTFS partitions and copy.
>
So sorry chuckcar, M$windows has a specific liability, if first IDE primary
drive is damaged it flat will not boot. It absolutely requires that about
2 megs (or was it about 40 megs) or so of boot code reside on that disk
(barring that absolutely no fat or ntfs partitions exist on first IDE
primary).
Stick the sick drive in an external enclosure (IEEE1384 or USB-2.0) and
connect it after your working OS is running. If you are running *nix, and
it recognized the hard disk (does not require mounting, in fact don't let
it or unmount it) and use "dd" see "man dd" for ignoring errors, and "man
fsck.vfat" and "man parted -recover" for fixing the copied partition as
best as possible.
--
JosephKK
Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.Â_Â_
--Schiller
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| chuckcar 2006-07-05, 1:13 am |
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> I booted with knoppix 5.0.1 and it booted fine.
> Then I tried to run fsck on the drive and I got
> an error message about not supporting ntfs.
> Buy the way, the drive wouldn't mount. How
> do I get fsck to work on the drive?
>
> thanks,
> charles.....
>
>
What specifically is wrong with the drive? will it boot to safe mode
command prompt only? what does scandisk do? did you try booting to
command prompt with the XP cd (with F8 *as soon* as it starts to boot
(better off starting hitting F8 *before* anything appears on the screen
at all and stopping when it beeps at you))? did you try fsck.ntfs?
straight fsck is only for efs2 or 3.
--
(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )
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| chuckcar 2006-07-05, 1:13 am |
| joseph2k <cooltechblue@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:aplqg.165020$F_3.60327@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net:
> chuckcar wrote:
>
>
> So sorry chuckcar, M$windows has a specific liability, if first IDE
> primary drive is damaged it flat will not boot. It absolutely
> requires that about 2 megs (or was it about 40 megs) or so of boot
> code reside on that disk (barring that absolutely no fat or ntfs
> partitions exist on first IDE primary).
Not a problem, if you know add in your two cents.
> Stick the sick drive in an external enclosure (IEEE1384 or USB-2.0)
> and connect it after your working OS is running. If you are running
> *nix, and it recognized the hard disk (does not require mounting, in
> fact don't let it or unmount it) and use "dd" see "man dd" for
> ignoring errors, and "man fsck.vfat" and "man parted -recover" for
> fixing the copied partition as best as possible.
>
--
(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )
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| joseph2k 2006-07-08, 1:14 am |
| chuckcar wrote:
> joseph2k <cooltechblue@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:aplqg.165020$F_3.60327@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net:
>
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> Not a problem, if you know add in your two cents.
>
>
>
>
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So, did you ever get your data back?
--
JosephKK
Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.Â_Â_
--Schiller
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| chuckcar 2006-07-08, 7:12 pm |
| joseph2k <cooltechblue@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:UeGrg.62794$fb2.59242@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net:
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> So, did you ever get your data back?
>
No, I'm not the same person as the OP, same first name is all.
--
(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )
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| ***** charles 2006-07-10, 7:14 pm |
| "joseph2k" <cooltechblue@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:UeGrg.62794$fb2.59242@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...
> chuckcar wrote:
>
>
> So, did you ever get your data back?
> --
> JosephKK
> Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.
> --Schiller
I'm the OP and no the hard drive is a 60G Toshiba 2.5 inch and it is
still sitting on my computer table. I like the idea of sticking it into a
usb box and getting at it that way but I don't have one at the moment.
thanks for the responses,
charles.....
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| ***** charles 2006-07-10, 7:14 pm |
| "chuckcar" <chuck@nil.car> wrote in message
> news:Xns97F6DCE94592Fchuckcar@85.227.11.7...
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> What specifically is wrong with the drive? will it boot to safe mode
> command prompt only? what does scandisk do? did you try booting to
> command prompt with the XP cd (with F8 *as soon* as it starts to boot
> (better off starting hitting F8 *before* anything appears on the screen
> at all and stopping when it beeps at you))? did you try fsck.ntfs?
> straight fsck is only for efs2 or 3.
I tried fsck and I didn't know there was a different version for ntfs. It
became so bad that any boot sequence would either not see it or just
crash. Someone else said to put it in an external usb caddy. I don't
have one at the moment but will do that when I get one. I was hoping
to use Linux to "fix" the hd and then retrieve the data/directory that I
want/need.
thanks,
charles......
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