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hard drive surgery
For what it's worth, here is a link with quite a few testimonials on the "freeze" method. When there's nothing left to do, what can it hurt? Paste this URL into your browser as a single line...- rickbee
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- Forum: Data Recovery
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hard drive surgery
otter- If you haven't done anything too extreme to that drive yet, you can try these steps: Get a new drive working in your machine. Wrap your old drive tightly in plastic wrap, or a zip-lock bag. Put it in a freezer overnight. At least 8 hours. Remove the drive from the freezer...- rickbee
- Post #3
- Forum: Data Recovery
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How do I correct "list is too long" error
Have you tried xargs? Try - echo * | xargs ls -l This should get you what you need, or if displaying to a terminal, throw another pipe on the end followed by pg for pagination. Rick
