[Cialug] Opinions on Data Recovery services?

[kristau]

On 7/14/07, Kevin C. Smith <kevin at linuxsmith.com> wrote:
> Spinrite is good stuff, however it doesn't work (in my experience)
> when the first sector is damaged. I did try it though.
>
> I've tried all my tricks, so I'm looking for a local outfit that
> does this professionally.

Here's an off-the-wall idea I just had.  As such, it is untried and
untested, but I think you've got nothing to lose in giving it a go...

* Use dd to copy the first sector from a similar drive (if you have
one available) to one file.
* Use dd to create an image of the failing drive, minus the first
sector to another file.
* cat them together and try to mount the resulting drive image.

If you decide to try that, let me know your results!

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