vista problems...need to access borked partition

Post by **dmmh** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:23 am

due to reasons I shan't decribe here, I can not boot up from my Vista partition.
I desperately need some data on there though.

The regular tools dont work (not Vista compatible)
anybody know what I can do?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:37 am

live linux distro will work fine.

Post by **dmmh** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:05 pm

Post by **4days** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:16 pm

is the partition actually shafted or is it just that you can't reach it with vista?

get a live cd like juggs said (e.g. knoppix) and boot from that, it should be able to give you read access to the drive. if you don't like linux then there may be pre-built bartPE bootable win disks on some timber-shivering torrent site.

if the partition is toast, then you'll need to look at data recovery tools. the last time i had to do anything like that, i remember the shareware section of snapfiles being useful.

Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:19 pm

The knoppix CD sounds like the best bet. Data recovery tools are unlikely to be Visa-compliant at this point but I could be wrong on that.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:23 pm

dmmh wrote: ?

don't make me smash your skirt.

knoppix cd + pen drive = yay if you can't access your partition.

Post by **dzjepp** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:46 pm

If you want something windows xp flavored give this a try

http://www.ubcd4win.com/

You can also add your own apps to the cd (but it comes with a bunch of good utilities already)

Post by **dmmh** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:12 am

thanks for the help peeps! I'll look into this

Post by **dmmh** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:34 pm

worked like a charm, props, thanks!

saves me from having to code an entire website/ DB again