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Rescuing a Knackered HD?
licquorice:
Try running a Linux distro from a live DVD and see if you can mount the drive from that and recover some files.
Floydoid:
--- Quote from: tubaman on October 09, 2021, 08:42:06 AM ---There are companies out there that could doubtless recover the data but it won't be a cheap exercise.
--- End quote ---
This is what I fear.
Floydoid:
I don't fancy tinkering with Linux - I was wondering if there are recovery tools that can run from a command prompt - what we used to call MS-DOS. But maybe it's not possible to do so outside of Windows, because as I explained mounting the drive causes Windows to virtually grind to a halt.
licquorice:
No tinkering involved, you just run it from a Live DVD or USB stick without installing. Nothing to lose and everything to gain by trying it.
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/try-ubuntu-before-you-install#1-getting-started
Floydoid:
I still wouldn't have a clue where to start.
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