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I knew of Knoppix, but haven't tried it. This is a *GREAT* tip, I think.
Thanks.
> Chris Morton
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Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:55 PM
To: Martin Bosworth
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Subject: Re: Data Recovery Question
Hi, you could also give a try to Knoppix Linux.
It is a live CD (i.e. it boots up a complete operating system without
touching your hard drive), and can also read Windows partitions. I
managed to read hard disks with it that seemed to be completely wasted
under Windows.
Good luck, and Best Regards
Robert Fekete
Technical Writer
BalaBit IT Security Ltd.
Martin Bosworth wrote:
>Hail all you hardware veterans! I need some assistance here.
>
>My co-worker and I are trying to recover Outlook personal files (.psd)
>from a fried hard drive. The user in question moved his personal
>folder off the Exchange server onto his local drive at one point.
>Later on his drive got fried (I don't know how, though I've been
>trying to find out), and won't boot up. So he needs to get those files
>recovered.
>
>We can't boot from the drive at all, but my co-worker used
>EasyRecovery to get to the drive. But she can only access the drive's
>system files--the .ini files and such.
>
>Any ideas or suggestions? Or are we pretty much SOL?
>
>Martin
>
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