[Discuss] data recovery using Linux

[pw]

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