[SGVLUG] File system corruption

[Emerson, Tom (*IC)]

> -----Original Message----- Of John E. Kreznar
> Rich Pinder <rpinder at usc.edu> writes:
> 
> > If anyone can steer me in the proper direction, I'd 
> appreciate it. I 
> > would like to recover the data on the drive, if possible
> 
> I wish I could help, but -- no idea.  

Oh, I missed that part earlier -- since you mentioned/inferred the files
you are missing are images (tif files?) I *do* have a fairly good
pointer for recovering [photo] data: http://foremost.sourceforge.net/

As it's on sourceforge, yes, you get the source -- not strictly GPL as I
understand, but at least "in the public domain" (though close reading of
the "readme" file doesn't state that directly either -- originally this
was developed by/for someone in the air force special investigations
department, so...)

I've used this to recover photos from a memory stick after windows
"decided" the drive was unreadable -- dd'd the "device" to a file and
worked on the copy -- pulled the photos out instantly. (and even some I
thought I deleted...)

Looking at the .conf file included in the tarball, it looks like it will
find:

    AOL "art" files
    gif, jpg, png, bmp, and TIF pictures (lucky you!)
    avi, (quicktime) mov, mpg, and even "flash" movies (fws)
    "word" .doc files [note: will also find images of the above formats
if they are "embedded" in a document!]
    outlook pst/ost and outlook express dbx/idx/mbx files
    wordperfect documents (wpf)
    html
    adobe pdf's
    AOL "mailbox" files
    pgp/gpg keyrings 
    rpm's (wow)
    wav, ra, wmv, wma, & mp3 sound files
    windows "registry" files [NT and win9x]
    zip and rar archives [and, I presume, files within those as well]
    java and c++ source files
    and "scansoft" paperport "max" files [whatever those are -- fax
input files?]