On Thursday 19 July 2007 20:53, Karl Larsen wrote: > Marc wrote: > > Well, regardless, I have done plenty of file recovery with Helix. > > True, it may be designed for forensics but copying files off of disks > > is part of forensic work. There are a lot of other disks that do > > similar stuff. I like Helix though - it has served me well on several > > projects so far. To each his own. > > > > Marc > > > > On 7/19/07, Dave Ihnat <dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 12:21:05PM -0400, Marc wrote: > >> > There are also linux distros like Helix which are designed to > >> > facilitate file recovery. > >> > >> Ah...Helix isn't primarily for file recovery; it's for computer > >> forensics. > >> You need to look at something like System Rescue CD or The Ultimate > >> Boot CD for something targeted at manipulating/repairing/recovering > >> systems > >> and/or data. > >> -- > >> Dave Ihnat > >> President, DMINET Consulting, Inc. > >> dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx > >> 773/550.0929 > >> > >> -- > >> fedora-list mailing list > >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > You two are talking in Jargon new to me. I do not know how to get Helix > or what it is. I gather IT whatever it is will tell you about the sex > life of your computer. How do I get it and is there information on it's > use anywhere? > > Karl You can download it from here. http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=303 I'm DL'ing it at the moment on my dialup connection (2½ days worth), but not as bad as the time it took for the F7 CD's. I'm always game to try someones suggestion to try a certain live cd that will do stuff, so am going to give it a try. Another one someone suggested was Finnix. That's quite a small download, as it's text only (no GUI). It's worth getting that. It makes you think a lot harder about what you're doing. No point and click here. Folks that are used to DOS (not me I must say) will probably find it quite easy to get used to, but it is a worthwhile challenge just working on the command line. Nigel.
