--- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 19:55 +0500, Mustafa Qasim > wrote: > > > > > > On 7/19/07, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > My brother-in-law uses Windows XP and his > system crashed > > making his > > Documents unavailable. He saw how > expensive disk recovery > > could be when > > a local Linux user volunteered to recover > the documents for > > him. > > > > Now here is a whole new use for Linux and > there is money in > > it > > somewhere. > > -- > > Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Now here is a whole new use for Linux and > there is money in it > > somewheroe. > > > > Sorry! bro. i didn't got it! what do u mean by > "there is money in it > > somewhere." > > > I need to leave out throwaway sentences. All I meant > was currently you > have to pay sums of $800 or $1000 to recover data > from a crashed > system.. A Linux based system might offer the > service cheaper. But it > would not work if the Disk is actually physically > damaged , I don't > think. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I have recovered many documents, word files, spreadsheets, etc., for some colleagues at school. The harddrive on the host machines was going bad giving thunking sounds. I used Slax and recovered many files for them and passed them on to a USB drive and they gave me a hero's welcome. They were very happy to get their data back and praising me very much. But if the disk is physically damaged, I concur with you Aaron, but some say that the FBI can do, it. I do not know to what extent, but many people say that they can get anything that was on your computer no matter how many times you have reformatted your hard drive. This is a page that shows up using google that says a bit as to what happens http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/oct2000/computer.htm As to combat that, I do not know, some say use a Magnet and put it next to the hard drive that you want to be erased for good. By doing that according to some there is no way in the world that the FBI can get your data. I do not know how true the above statement is, but many people that know about computers have suggested this. Regards, Antonio Linux Counter# 381662 http://counter.li.org/ Home page(s): http://www20.brinkster.com/olivares/ http://www.geocities.com/olivares14031/ Currently running Slax Linux Live CD, 6.0.0rc3 root@slax:~# uptime 17:02:08 up 2 days, 3:21, 2 users, load average: 1.42, 2.22, 1.76 root@slax:~# uname -a Linux slax 2.6.21.1 #1 SMP Wed May 2 16:49:45 GMT 2007 i686 pentium3 i386 GNU/Linux ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7
