On Dec 31, 2007 4:10 PM, Gil Hale <mrgmhale AT rochester DO.T rr.com> wrote:
> I have also had good results from Knoppix. But, be advised that if you need
> to recover files from a failing HDD, you must mount the target HDD as a
> Read-Write device before you can beginto peel files from the failing HDD.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Can't you read files from a
device when you have it mounted read-only? In my experience, that's a
safer alternative. If the HDD is failing, writing to it is a bad idea.
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