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21:06.13 | flybaer | help |
21:06.45 | flybaer | my hard drive died while I was out of town and I am trying to retrieve two files off if it. Everything else is backed up |
21:06.56 | flybaer | yes, it is windows |
21:07.16 | flybaer | DSL said lots of ugly things about NTFS drives while booting |
21:07.31 | flybaer | I can't seem to find the drive on DSL |
21:07.47 | guypat | mount the drive in an external hard drive enclosure |
21:10.37 | flybaer | don't have one.... |
21:10.52 | flybaer | :-( |
21:11.09 | flybaer | thx |
21:15.23 | flybaer | system stats says it can see the NTFS |
21:15.36 | flybaer | how do I mount it preferably using a gui |
21:34.57 | guypat | [ flybaer:#lugot] don't have one.... |
21:34.59 | guypat | get one |
21:35.01 | guypat | they're like $20 |
21:37.49 | flybaer | yeah, I know |
21:38.43 | guypat | once in the enclosure, boot to your OS and attempt recovery |
21:39.14 | guypat | i've had success with Active Partition Recovery 5 |
21:39.18 | flybaer | I was hoping I could get those files without doing that |
21:39.21 | guypat | and Spinrite 5 |
21:39.38 | guypat | erm, Spinrite 6* |
21:39.53 | flybaer | windows says that drive info doesn't exist and it needs to be reformatted |
21:40.09 | guypat | of course.. windows is not a data recovery tool |
21:40.21 | flybaer | :-D I wouldn't have caught the version discrepancy |
21:40.37 | guypat | anyway, don't format that drive if you want your data |
21:41.04 | guypat | get another windows box, plug in the usb enclosure, run active partition recovery |
21:41.16 | guypat | depending on the size, could take anywhere from 4-24 hours, maybe longer |
21:41.36 | flybaer | I would have gone to compusa |
21:41.49 | flybaer | does the other box stores have them? |
21:42.05 | flybaer | Circuit city, best buy, staples, office dept, max |
21:42.09 | guypat | have what? |
21:42.52 | flybaer | the hd enclosure |
21:43.01 | flybaer | usb enclosure |
21:43.02 | guypat | yea, i'm sure they do |
21:43.08 | guypat | however.. if your'e in tally |
21:43.13 | guypat | goto kbshopper |
21:43.21 | guypat | lowest in town... $26 |
21:43.26 | guypat | both ide & sata |
21:43.43 | flybaer | kbshopper? |
21:43.45 | guypat | anywhere else you'll pay over $30 |
21:43.46 | guypat | Y |
21:43.47 | flybaer | never heard of it |
21:43.49 | flybaer | where |
21:43.59 | guypat | corner of magnolia + tennessee/mahan |
21:44.03 | guypat | http://kbshopper.com/ |
21:44.12 | guypat | across from jen's pancake shop or whatever that crap is |
21:44.14 | flybaer | i hope they are open |
21:44.32 | guypat | according to their site no, they're not open today. |
21:44.33 | guypat | erm |
21:44.41 | guypat | yea, they closed @ 3pm |
21:44.53 | flybaer | yes |
21:44.55 | flybaer | I see that |
21:44.57 | flybaer | that sucks |
21:45.10 | flybaer | I just need by quicken, really |
21:45.22 | flybaer | my calendar would be nice and could wait until monday |
21:45.24 | flybaer | oh, well |
21:46.17 | flybaer | thanks for the info |
21:46.29 | guypat | np |
21:46.34 | flybaer | I am going to beat away at it until then and maybe i will get lucky |
21:46.46 | guypat | i've restored over 150gb of MP3s and my g/f laptop drive before |
21:46.52 | flybaer | I know, fat chance...or would that be ntfs chance |
21:46.59 | guypat | both were ntfs |
21:47.00 | flybaer | :-0 |
21:47.09 | flybaer | :-) |
21:47.15 | flybaer | I just need two stinkin files |
21:47.19 | flybaer | that is it |
21:47.21 | flybaer | just two |
21:47.28 | flybaer | I have everything else backed up |
21:47.28 | guypat | haha, bummer |
21:47.31 | flybaer | like a good girl |
21:47.34 | flybaer | grrrrr |
21:47.49 | flybaer | there has got to be a way |
21:47.51 | guypat | i have over 300gb spread across 4 drives i need to recovery |
21:48.05 | guypat | recover* but i guess it's not important atm.. as long as i have the data all is well |
21:48.31 | flybaer | yup |
21:48.36 | flybaer | that is what is important |