Re: disk read error - need help retrieving files

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 19:46:58 -0700

Rock wrote:

> TracyAnn wrote:
>
>> disk read error - need help retrieving files
>>
>> I get a "disk read error occurred" when I try to boot my system. I
>> have run the western digital diagnostic tools to find any hardware
>> errors - but there
>> are none. I can get into the Windows Recovery Console and I ran the
>> chkdsk
>> /r to repair windows - but I still get the same error. When in the
>> Recovery Console - I can navigate to see the data that I want to
>> retreive - but I'm
>> not sure how to best retrieve it. I don't think I can do a copy or
>> backup - so what can I do??? Any ideas???
>>
>> Thanks
>
> One option is to put the drive into another XP or Win2k computer as a
> slave drive and copy off the data.
>
> Another option is to download a Linux distro called Knoppix from this
> site: http://www.knoppix.net/get.php
>
> Create a bootable CD by burning the .iso image to CD using nero or
> roxio. Then follow these steps to backup the data from the drive.
>
> 1. Boot Knoppix CD
>
> 2. In the "quick launch" toolbar you will see what is called the
> "Konsole" icon.

(snip)

Rock, you're making using Knoppix much harder and more complicated than
it has to be. You don't need to su to root or anything like that to
rescue Windows data. Boot the cd, find the Windows drive (which will
show up on the desktop as an icon), go to the "Start" menu K, find the
program k3b (which I think is under System utilities), and start it. It
will act just like Nero or Roxio or any other Windows burning program.
The big difference a Windows user will notice is that the default
Knoppix window manager (KDE), equivalent to Explorer, only needs you to
click once on an icon instead of double-clicking like in Windows.

With k3b burn the data to cd-r. When you're done with Knoppix, go to the
"Start" menu and log out. Follow the prompt to remove the cd and the
computer will reboot. End of story.

Malke 

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