failure to mount corrupted drive

[Steve Reilly]

James Michael Fultz wrote:
> * Steve Reilly <sfreilly at roadrunner.com> [2009-10-10 16:38 -0400]:
>> update...... downloaded remix rescue and have been playing with
>> testdisk.  (nice utilities! by the way) apparently this kid tried to
>> install osx over windows because its reporting an HFS filesystem that is
>> "unrecoverable"  got the same thing from chkdsk under recovery console.
>> thanks for the advice, i think im going to write this one off...
> 
> Unless it exceeds the time/effort you're interested in investing, all
> hope may not be lost.  There is still potential for recovery using
> Photorec (part of the Testdisk package), Foremost, or Magic Rescue among
> others.
> 
> Since you mentioned pictures, Photorec or recoverjpeg would be of
> interest.
> 

...yet another update...

i let testdisk do a deeper scan after the first one,(it asked me) and it
came up with a bunch of directories.... documents and settings, windows,
etc  i was able to browse through each one, and use "c" to copy to
/home/ubuntu, i did this for each directory i found a jpg in, then scp
the directory to another box in the house.  was able to recover over 700
pictures.!!  let me say, its been quite a while since ive had to mess
with a corrupted drive, and this nice utility did a fine job, very easy
to use.  ubuntu rescue remix would be a fine addition to anyones
"toolbox" ...thanks everyone for the help, appreciate it!



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