Try partedmagic  it includes  ddrescue

Article on hard drive crashes and ddrescue in Linux Journal

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10360 

Parted magic web site http://partedmagic.com/



> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us 
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On 
> Behalf Of mike Enriquez
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:15 AM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Hard drive Crash?
> 
> Does anyone on the list have a software that they like to use 
> to recover data from a Hard Drive Crash?
> 
> I don't want to pay $2000.00 for it but I would like to know 
> what is available out in the real world that Linux people like.
> 
> Thanks for your input.
> 
> Mike Enriquez
> 
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