Re: [Hampshire] Data Recovery

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Author: Stephen Nelson-Smith
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Data Recovery
Hi all,

> Have you tried ddrescue (the Gnu version) rather than dd_rescue?


No... nor TestDisk, as also recommended. However the sense I am
getting is that if I am going to give the disk to "the professionals"
I'd be best advised to not mess with the disk any more.
>
> I've also had success with GetDataBack (not open source) from
> http://www.runtime.org/ in the past.


Yes - I installed that under wine.

> Retrodata (http://www.retrodata.co.uk/index.php) are local, reasonably
> priced, and work on a "no data, no fee" basis. I've had dealings with
> them once and they seemed to know what they were doing.


Super - will speak to them.

Thanks!

S.