On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Steve Fosdick lists@pelvoux.nildram.co.uk wrote:
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- Take out the hard disk, mount it in a machine that works and copy the
files onto the working machine's hard disk.
You might want to look into getting a IDE/SATA to usb converter if you do this kind of thing often. We use them quite alot at work and you can pick up one that will connect SATA, IDE and laptop IDE for less the £10.
I've never used this site before but this is the kind of thing ive used: http://www.b2cshop24.com/en/usb-20-to-ide-sata-adapter-cable.html?language=e...
- Boot a Live CD on the broken machine and copy the files over the
network to a working machine.
Of the above two I have done number one, moving the hard disk, before and it is usually pretty straightforward but in this case the broken machine is a laptop so I don't know what luck I'd have trying to mount the hard disk in a desktop machine.
So, I'm contemplating the second option and I'd like to know, please, if anyone has any favourites or recommendations of live CDs that are good for this purpose or any other ideas or suggestions.
I used to use Knoppix but these days I just use a Ubuntu live/install CD.
Dennis