OT: fdisk

[Svein Skogen (Listmail account)]

On 02.10.2010 21:08, Jerry wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:36:40 -0700
> Robert <traveling08 at cox.net> articulated:
> 
>> I am in deep with the wife. Her computer went belly up. It was running
>> XP pro and I had backups going to a second drive. I can no longer
>> access that drive.
> 
> If the disk is the problem, I would suggest getting a copy of Spin-Rite
> <http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm> and running it at level 6 <maximum>.
> It is the best disk recovery program I have come across.

+1 to that. I've been using spinrite for more than a decade, and have
lost count of the times it has saved data for me (or rather: For people
dumping their crashed pc in my lap, since _I_ have _BACKUPS_).

When you're done recovering data, you might want to take a look at your
backup strategy. Select a new one that doesn't depend on spinning metal
just as fragile as the one you're backing up from.

//Svein

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