Re: [PLUG] OT - data recovery service?

[Andrew Tsen <kloaker@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Marty Skitch <skitch@skitchfamily.net> wrote:
> In the past I've had luck with the SystemRecueCD.  Boot from the CD and
> mount the HD and an external USB HD and copy files to the USB HD.  Hope
> that helps.
>

Or use your favorite Live CD that can mount NTFS partition.  I've had
to do this a couple of times to remove some really nasty virus and
recover some files.

I found that it works better if the drive is still spinning.  If it's
not powering up, you maybe SOL.


> Julien Mills wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> One of my coworkers brought in his neighbor's laptop
>> with a dying/dead harddrive.  Apparently it has some
>> pictures on it which, if lost, his wife will kill
>> him.
>>
>> So, has anyone used a data recovery service around
>> here in Philly that they would recommend?  Its an
>> HP Pavilion laptop and probably running XP.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> Julien Mills                    julienfmills@yahoo.com
>>
>>
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