Direct access to unmounted disks

[NoOp]

On 11/03/2010 05:12 PM, Ernesto Reyes wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 5:06 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/03/2010 12:22 AM, Mark wrote:
>> > Are there any good utilities for doing i/o directly to disks that are not
>> > mounted, possibly not properly formatted?
>> >
>> > I recently had a friend's computer die and when I initially tried to
>> access
>> > the files on the primary hared drive, it reported back as not being
>> > formatted (which I knew was not the case).  In another setting I was able
>> to
>> > mount and read the disk, but I was wondering what we do when that can't
>> be
>> > done - what utility/ies do we use to recover disks that won't mount?
>> >
>> > By "good utilities" I mean those that are relatively easy to use in order
>> to
>> > read and possibly write a raw disk sector.  dd doesn't really qualify as
>> > "easy to use" but it would suffice in a pinch.
>>
>> Test Disk:
>> http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
>>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestDisk
>> it's also in the repositories. I also recommend:
>> http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
...
> I've downloaded and installed the Test Disk application and it does not see
> my drive.

My recommendation would be to start a new thread with details concerning
your issue. Let's leave this thread for Mark & his issue so that the two
don't get mixed :-)