Comments on: Recovering Windows files with a Ubuntu CD I: the backstory http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/recovering-windows-files-with-a-ubuntu-cd-i-the-backstory/ Random musings from the radical feminist Christian antiracist left - some having to do with Ubuntu Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:36:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marc http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/recovering-windows-files-with-a-ubuntu-cd-i-the-backstory/comment-page-1/#comment-7124 Marc Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:18:50 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=528#comment-7124 This is great. Have you considered putting / linking this series in the sidebar of your Ubuntu tutorials (/www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/) ? I think it would reach a larger audience if it were. Thanks for your hard work. This is great. Have you considered putting / linking this series in the sidebar of your Ubuntu tutorials (/www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/) ? I think it would reach a larger audience if it were. Thanks for your hard work.

]]> By: ubuntucat http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/recovering-windows-files-with-a-ubuntu-cd-i-the-backstory/comment-page-1/#comment-3676 ubuntucat Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:11:59 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=528#comment-3676 Hi, Sharon! You know, a needling thrashing sound is probably a hardware issue. Live CDs are better for helping with software issues (i.e., Windows won't boot up, but the hard drive is physically okay). Still, it's worth a shot. It can't hurt! Best of luck! Hi, Sharon!

You know, a needling thrashing sound is probably a hardware issue. Live CDs are better for helping with software issues (i.e., Windows won’t boot up, but the hard drive is physically okay).

Still, it’s worth a shot. It can’t hurt! Best of luck!

]]> By: Sharon http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/recovering-windows-files-with-a-ubuntu-cd-i-the-backstory/comment-page-1/#comment-3674 Sharon Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:59:19 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=528#comment-3674 Ubuntucat: Will this live cd also work on a HDD that I can hear the 'needle' thrashing around on? my hdd crashed on the laptop last week and thankfully I had already purchased a larger capacity drive for it before that, but when I took out the old hdd and inserted it into an external case, hooked it up (USB) to the laptop w/new drive in it.. I could see the drive but it showed nothing on it at all. When the old drive crashed, it kept saying 'unmountable boot disk' and I heard clanking on the drive. I thought since I couldn't see the contents from the external case, it probably meant the drive was not going to be recoverable. Was I right? Could a Live CD have saved my info? I threw the darn thing away a few days ago, so go easy on me please.. :) I have to also say here - I do a backup on drives about every 2-3 weeks, sometimes more often. I only lost 20 days of email (bills, website updates, genealogy photos) so I was relieved - I can get all those back again. But it would've been nice to be able to recover what I'd lost! Thanks for the advice! Ubuntucat:
Will this live cd also work on a HDD that I can hear the ‘needle’ thrashing around on? my hdd crashed on the laptop last week and thankfully I had already purchased a larger capacity drive for it before that, but when I took out the old hdd and inserted it into an external case, hooked it up (USB) to the laptop w/new drive in it.. I could see the drive but it showed nothing on it at all.

When the old drive crashed, it kept saying ‘unmountable boot disk’ and I heard clanking on the drive. I thought since I couldn’t see the contents from the external case, it probably meant the drive was not going to be recoverable.

Was I right? Could a Live CD have saved my info? I threw the darn thing away a few days ago, so go easy on me please.. :)

I have to also say here – I do a backup on drives about every 2-3 weeks, sometimes more often. I only lost 20 days of email (bills, website updates, genealogy photos) so I was relieved – I can get all those back again. But it would’ve been nice to be able to recover what I’d lost! Thanks for the advice!

]]> By: selehka http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/recovering-windows-files-with-a-ubuntu-cd-i-the-backstory/comment-page-1/#comment-2641 selehka Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:07:31 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=528#comment-2641 OMG! Thank you ever so much!! I got so tired of my WinXP glitching, crashing the having to reformat - I went to Ubuntu. This last crash I didn't get a chance to back up all my important files - but thanks to this easy to understand walk through - I now have them all safely back!! TYTYTYTY!!! ^_^ OMG! Thank you ever so much!! I got so tired of my WinXP glitching, crashing the having to reformat – I went to Ubuntu. This last crash I didn’t get a chance to back up all my important files – but thanks to this easy to understand walk through – I now have them all safely back!!

TYTYTYTY!!! ^_^

]]> By: ubuntucat http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/recovering-windows-files-with-a-ubuntu-cd-i-the-backstory/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 ubuntucat Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:01:11 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=528#comment-1946 Thanks, Ryan. Thanks, Ryan.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/recovering-windows-files-with-a-ubuntu-cd-i-the-backstory/comment-page-1/#comment-1943 Ryan Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:39:58 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=528#comment-1943 Great post! And a lot more useful than the Geek Squad. Great post! And a lot more useful than the Geek Squad.

]]> By: ubuntucat http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/recovering-windows-files-with-a-ubuntu-cd-i-the-backstory/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 ubuntucat Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:24:02 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=528#comment-1942 Thanks for letting me know. I guess I didn't test out all the links. I've fixed it now. Thanks for letting me know. I guess I didn’t test out all the links. I’ve fixed it now.

]]> By: FreeBeer http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/recovering-windows-files-with-a-ubuntu-cd-i-the-backstory/comment-page-1/#comment-1941 FreeBeer Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:17:29 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=528#comment-1941 Clarification: The side-bar link is ok... I'm referring to the link at the bottom of the first article. Clarification: The side-bar link is ok… I’m referring to the link at the bottom of the first article.

]]> By: FreeBeer http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/recovering-windows-files-with-a-ubuntu-cd-i-the-backstory/comment-page-1/#comment-1940 FreeBeer Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:16:00 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=528#comment-1940 The article is an invaluable service. Thanks for taking the time! PS... the link to the second page of the series is returning a 404. The article is an invaluable service. Thanks for taking the time! PS… the link to the second page of the series is returning a 404.

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