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Failing hard drive need to copy data

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by plipo

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I have a hard drive that is failing, when XP loads; it ask me if I want to format the drive when I try access any partitions on that drive.
I have use Winternals, ReactOS, Ubuntu and Slax, I am not able access the partitions using any of these Operating Systems.
Are the any Linux distributions that will be able to mount the faulty partitions and allow me to copy my files from the partitions?
Are there any NTFS boot disks that will allow me have a graphical interface and copy files ?

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by older mycroft

The Ultimate Boot CD:

http://www.ubcd4win.com/

There's plenty of utilities on this disc to help you.

Until you have the image burned to disc, I would advise minimal boots.

by monkeywithakeyboard

Just a suggestion but in situations like yours, I usually use a program I found called File Scavenger (Search for it on Download.com). Activating the Professional version was a little bit expensive, but it's saved my butt so many times that it's worth it. Then just put the bad hard drive into an external hard drive case or buy an adapter (I usually use this combo SATA/IDE to USB adapter). Have the program do a long search to see what it can grab and save it to another source (I usually use our test server). Hope it works out for you if you give it a shot.

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