On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 04:17:04PM -0500, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 11:33:07PM +0800, Dexter Ang wrote: > > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > >I've got a HD which seems to have problems. > > >( I can't boot from it) > > > > > >I would like to know what tools are available to actually > > >perform some kind of data recovery or something. > > > > > >Currently, I'm just booting into a copy of Knoppix and then mounting > > >the HD and copying (what can be copied) off the drive to another network > > >location. > > > > > >Sometimes it works. sometimes it just hangs at scp. > > > > > >Pointers?? > > > > Is the HD still detected by the BIOS? If so, maybe it's just something > > screwy with the partition table. I've used "gpart" before. It > > automatically tries to detect the partition types on your harddrive, and > > recreates the partition table. I've done it on a dying HD before (one > > that kept losing knowledge of any partition). Booted up in Slackware, > > ran gpart from a floppy. That restored the partition table, booted up in > > Windows, backuped all files needed, then after a reboot the harddrive > > died. I didn't have a spare HD so I had to burn the data using Windows. > > And nope, MS's "fdisk /mbr" didn't work there. > > > > HTH > > > > dex > I can't find gpart in fedora. Where is it or how does one get it. you mean gspot? i search but i don't think she has one:) jay
