Linux data-recovery application?

[BullHalseyUSN]

Here is my predicament.

I used CD-based KNOPPIX to boot up, and mount a (Windows XP) NTFS volume that had become unbootable. Sadly, the volume was pretty much gobbledygook.

Any floppy-based Linux apps that you know of that might be able to work on the problem of getting that drive readable?

Any thoughts are appreciated!

Happy New Year...BH

 

[ppc386]

That would depend on the particular flavor of gobbledygook.

You might throw one of these at it...

gpart - "Guess PC-type hard disk partitions"

http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart/

ddrescue - "Data copying in presence of I/O errors"

http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/

Tom's Root/Boot - "The most GNU/Linux on 1 floppy disk."

http://www.toms.net/rb/

 

[BullHalseyUSN]

Thanks...the top one looks good, although is Windows 2000/NT FS the same thing as "NTFS?"

Thanks again.