[plug] Recovery

[Chris Watt]

Are there any docs online that I could follow?  I was abnout to bite
the bullet and send it to NextByte for some exhurberant ammount

~Chris



On 12/10/05, Craig Ringer <craig at postnewspapers.com.au> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 12:49:49PM +0800, Chris Watt wrote:
> > This should probably be in off topic but it's really REALLY urgent.
> >
> > The HDD is my iMac has gone to hell and I can't mount it over Firwire.
> >  Anyone know how I can recover the data off it so that the HDD can be
> > replaced?
>
> I realise I'm a bit late to the party, but hey. Even if you can't mount
> it over FireWire, have you tried using dd_rescue to take an image yet?
> You may find that it manages to get a complete image, or close enough,
> allowing you to keep that and send off the drive.
>
> I've done just that for several friends whose iBook drives have died.
>
> --
> Craig Ringer
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