[Discuss] FAT data recovery through Linux?

[Jeremy Kiffiak]

Ruairi,

If you want to try to repair some possible disk errors or otherwise  
fully test the HD I highly recommend Spinrite (http://www.grc.com/sr/ 
spinrite.htm).

Jeremy


On 17-Jul-07, at 1:22 PM, R. Langkamer wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> 	I have a FAT32 partition that does not mount on any system I have  
> (yes, even in Linux) and it has data that I would really like to  
> access. I found a windows application that will recover the data,  
> but I would much rather boot into my Linux install and do the work  
> there.
> 	I have tried my GooFu, but it must be weak as I am unable to find  
> anything about using Linux to recover data.
> 	I know how to use dd, but my understanding is that it makes an  
> exact copy and this won't help me.
>
> 	Does anyone have any leads they can offer?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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