darrenob said:
It recogizes the drive and says its healthy, but does not list a file
system, can I use this utility to change the file system without
losing all my data?
p.s. the utility said that there was still data on the drive.
Don't play around with this drive until you get your data off it. It
sounds like the drive's partition table may be messed up. You can see
if Knoppix will recognize the drive and see the files (information
below) or try some data recovery software on the drive. Unless you are
skilled, I wouldn't try to rebuild the partition table yourself (and if
you were that skilled, you wouldn't be posting the question here).
If Knoppix or the data recovery software doesn't help, then take the
drive to a professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent
of BigStoreUSA) or contact a professional data recovery firm such as
DriveSavers (
www.drivesavers.com).
Data retrieval with Knoppix: An easy way to retrieve Windows files is to
boot with Knoppix, a Linux distro on a live cd. You will need a
computer with two cd drives, one of which is a cd/dvd-rw OR a usb thumb
drive with enough capacity to hold your data. To get Knoppix, you need
a computer with a fast Internet connection and third-party burning
software. Download the Knoppix .iso from
www.knoppix.net and create
your bootable cd. Then boot with it and it will be able to see the
Windows files. If you will be using the usb thumb drive to copy your
data, plug it in before you boot the system with Knoppix. Otherwise,
use the K3b burning program to burn the files to cd/dvd-r's.
Data recovery url's:
Restoration:
http://www.geocities.jp/br_kato/
PCInspector File Recovery
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/welcome.htm
Ontrack's EasyRecovery
http://www.ontrack.com/Homepage.aspx?id=3&pagename=Software
DriveSavers
http://www.drivesavers.com
Malke
