If chkdsk /R does not work, there is a program called EasyRecovery. It will try to recover all of the windows based filesystems, and RAW. I do not remember to it was free, of if I had paid for it. Mike http://www.iconnetworksolutions.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Brown" To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 12:09 AM Subject: Re: Drive Recovery Software > George Toft wrote: >> May be OT :) >> >> A friend handed me a Windows drive with a book in progress and tons of >> family pics. You know the drill - it died. >> >> When I boot with Knoppix, the partition table is readable (fdisk -l) and >> I can mount the partition (/dev/sda2), but I cannot list the contents of >> the file system. >> >> I am in the process of using dd with the noerror option to try to copy >> all the intact data off the disk. Not sure this will get me anywhere. >> >> What data recovery tools are available? Linux-based preferred, but will >> do Windows. >> >> > I would give chkdsk /r a shot with Win XP. It might fix your file system > problem. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss