data recovery

[georgelc86]

No problem Paul. When I get to my office tomorrow I will PM you.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Knoppix works to it's a Linux program that runs off of a cd but if the hardware that reads the drive is broken powering up the drive may cause more damage and make it harder to recover any data from the drive.

 

[georgelc86]

The other thing you can try to do also is buy the same Hitachi drive and swap the controller boards.