From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FKHJs-0005dY-87 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:56:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2HFtqOJ009572; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:55:52 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2HFpjKJ022686 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:51:45 GMT Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FKHEt-0004Zf-S9 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:51:44 +0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FKHEc-00061u-8t for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:51:26 +0100 Received: from c-68-39-44-30.hsd1.nj.comcast.net ([68.39.44.30]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:51:26 +0100 Received: from pete4abw by c-68-39-44-30.hsd1.nj.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:51:26 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Peter Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: unformat a partition Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:51:08 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200603161454.33093.ireneshusband@yahoo.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-68-39-44-30.hsd1.nj.comcast.net User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2.91 (As She Crawled Across the Table) X-Archive: encrypt Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: c9cf5d3a-87a6-4496-8d16-30f0ad799899 X-Archives-Hash: 75e2b414839324a1750f62150007344e On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:09:37 -0500, Nick Smith wrote: > thanks for the replies, i was actually able to get the data off the > drive with getdataback, i can rest easy now. > > thanks again > > Nick Aren't you the lucky one!! Bet you'll never do _that_ again! However, it's important to have a list of useful programs that help in just this kind of circumstance. You _never_ know when you may need it. I'd never heard of getdataback, but will take a look. Glad this had a happy ending. Now, you should develop a good backup routine. -- Peter -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list