Help recovering information from Windows

[Karl Auer]

On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 07:56 -0430, Amanda Farr wrote:
> I heard you can download and burn an ubuntu live cd and mount the disk
> and recover the information that way. I'm just a little shaky about
> how to go about doing it. 

Beg borrow or buy (they are VERY cheap) a USB HDD enclosure, the ones
for 2.5" form factor drives. Extract the hard disk from your laptop (it
will be easier than you think). Put it in the enclosure, then attach the
enclosure to some other PC and extract what you need from the drive
(assuming it is still there).

If you cannot mount the disk at all, or the data you need doesn't seem
to be there any more, then it is time to get expert help (or give up).

Regards, K.


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GPG fingerprint: DD23 0DF3 2260 3060 7FEC 5CA8 1AF6 D9E3 CFEE 6B28

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