[Novalug] data recovery?

Joshua Ellsworth jrellsworth@gmail.com
Mon Dec 23 18:01:13 EST 2013


That is a good point Bonnie - I meant to add that I wasn't endorsing
that particular model - it was just the first one I found. Mine came
from dealExtreme or some similar import company several years ago. I
use it once or twice a year and nothing would replace it very
effectively.

Josh

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell@qis.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2013, Joshua Ellsworth wrote:
>
>> I recommend that all techie-types obtain something like this:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/NewerTech-USB-Universal-Drive-Adapter/dp/B00506QPDU
>>
>> It's a solution to connect just about any hard drive temporarily via usb.
>>
>> Josh
>
>
> I second this suggestion! There are a number of different ones from
> different manufacturers but you do want to have one that is powered. I am
> not sure it the one above draws power from the USB port. That may not work
> in every situation.
>
> Here is powered one:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B001OORMVQ/ref=sr_1_1/183-5332048-7966458?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1387838134&sr=1-1&keywords=powered+external+drive+adaptor
>
> for only $8.25
>
> Before plugging into power source I hook it up to the unmounted harddrive
> and  rest the hard rive on a firm surface. I usually use a paperback book
> that is set on the desk well in from the edge of the desk. Then hook up the
> USB to your computer and plug in the power.
>
> These things also work fine with unmounted laptop drives.
>
> The drive should mount with your standard mounting application such as Disk
> Utility.
>
> Additional advantages of doing this:
>
>  (1) If the drives are still usable you can use them as backup storage or
> put them in something else.
>  (2) If you are going to recycle the old computer, this assures that the
> drives which might have sensitive information on them are not in the old
> computer being shipped off to who knows where.
>  (3) If the drives are going to be thrown out it is easier to destroy them
> once you are through with them.
>
>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 1:42 PM, greg pryzby <greg@pryzby.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> 1) Do the failing computers have NICs?
>>>
>>>
>>> You *MIGHT* be able to boot from a live USB (linux) image, mount the
>>> drive and look at it. If there is something to recover, copy it to a
>>> 2nd usb drive (thumb or otherwise).OR if you can connect via  NIC to
>>> another computer, ssh the data.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Ed James <edward.james@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That makes no sense to me, compared to pulling out the HD from
>>>> the old PC, installing it as a secondary HD in another PC, "mounting"
>>>> the drive onto your normal file system, and then doing the copy-over
>>>> thing.
>>>> Last time I did that, it was a one-shot thing, so I just removed the
>>>> side of
>>>> the newer PC, put the old HD on a pile of books and ran the cables (data
>>>> and power) to the old HD.
>>>>
>>>> The laptop issue is a bit different.  My wife used an external drive
>>>> enclosure for her laptop HD to "mount" it onto a newer laptop.
>>>>
>>>> Ed James
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Beartooth <beartooth@beartooth.info>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>       ...
>>>>>
>>>>>         At any rate, he seemed to believe I need only connect the
>>>>> old machine (which never finishes booting) to another, and copy
>>>>> the contents of the hard drive; he didn't say how to connect, and
>>>>> I figured I'd better come here and ask.
>>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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