[Discuss] data recovery using Linux

[Rajiv Khaneja]

Well if he can already mount the image then what would copying the image to
a new drive get him?

On 8/31/07, pw <p.willis at telus.net> wrote:
>
> R. Langkamer wrote:
> >
> >     Okay so I used a demo application that will recover the wanted data,
> > but if I can use Linux instead I can save a few hundred dollars. The
> > demo program had an option to save an image of the "dead" drive so I
> > did. I looked at the head of the first image file and it looked like it
> > was simply an image that I could piece together and then mount.
> >     Well last night I manually cat'd all 60 pieces together into a
> > single "image" file and then mounted it via loop. I am able to ls the
> > files, but of course the wanted data is inaccessible.
> >     Is there a way I can pull the data off this image file? The image
> > file in question is ntfs based since it came from an winxp install so I
> > know that could limit what I can do, though I don't know for sure.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
>
>
> Is it a drive image?
> If so, just 'dd' the image to a new drive.
> 'dd' doesn't care if it's NTFS.
>
> Peter
>
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