Server crash data recovery question 1

[nycvoiceanddata]

Hi!

I have a (thankfully) non-critical NW5.1 server whose power supply popped, blowing out the SYS and VOL1 (data) sections of one HD, but leaving the second HD (VOL2) intact (I think - if I fdisk VOL2, it sees the drive and it's capacity, and Mandrake Linux's hardware profiler can even ID the drive and its manufacturer - I just don't know much about Linux to even navigate to that drive).

What are my options to either recover the data (via DOS, WinXXXX, specialized recovery software, etc.), or even better, the ability to mount it into a new Netware box? Would the act of mounting it in a new system corrupt what is on the HD already? This was a simple 500mhz box with no raids, no nothin'.

Sending it out for recovery would be silly, as the info stored there is not life-or-death, but it would be nice to get it back.

Thanks in advance!

 

[marvhuffaker]

For around $500, you could buy Ontrack's Data recovery tool. Personally, if I had a drive do what you just described, I wouldn't try to do anything with it but get the data off as quick as I could and then throw the drive in the trash.

Marvin Huffaker, MCNE

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[nycvoiceanddata]

Oops, sorry Marvin, by saying I wanted to remount it in another NW5.1 box, I didnt mean permanently; just long enough to pull the data off. Then slam.......dunk.....into the trash.

What's your opinion on remounting it?

nycvoiceanddata

ps -Thanks for the Ontrack suggestion.

 

[marvhuffaker]

Personally, on my own data, I'd try to mount all of the volumes and see what kind of results or errors I get.. Then pull as much data off as possible. But it's hard to advise someone with their own data and the results are not always easy to predict.

Marvin Huffaker, MCNE

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[TheLad]

If the disk in question contains the whole of VOL2, you can try and put it into another box, load the appropriate driver, and mount the volume. There should be no reason why this scenario will not work, you should be able to map a drive from your workstation to VOL2 and pull off the data you require.

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[sstoppel]

small note: If you put the drive in another box, be sure it does not already have a volume called VOL2.

 

[nycvoiceanddata]

Thanks to all of you..... I remounted VOL2 in another box and voila' --- all data was there and transferable.