Re: [Thinkpad] [OT} drive recovery

If the problem is that the drive is FAT32 and you restored Win95 A, then you
should be able to put it into another machine as a second drive and read it
on any OS above 95A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald MacQueen" <dmacq@erols.com>
To: "Thinkpad Mailing List" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 9:40 AM
Subject: [Thinkpad] [OT} drive recovery

> Hi group,
>
> i have a hard drive that is unreadable, and i need some advice about
> recovering the data. here is is the problem:
>
> the drive was originally a win95 drive. i upgraded to win98, and then
> used partition magic to diddle the block size. (this is all several
> years ago). then i got a wild hair and decided to restore win95. i
> ignored the warning about different block sizes and did the restore.
> the drive is now unreadable.
>
> i have tried ontrack's personal version of their easy recovery
> software with no luck. ontrack said they will recover the data for
> ~$800. i'd be willing to spend a couple of hundred.
>
> any ideas or war stories? thanks.
>
>
> --
> Donald
>
> Donald M. MacQueen [|]
> "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do
nothing."
> - Edmund Burke
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