Neil - try booting the box with a linux "live" cd and see if it recognizes your hard drive. You can download such a CD here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD (although there are many other variants of course) -Steve On 01/30/2011 12:09 PM, neil wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a problem looking for a possible Linux solution. > > I have had an internal Seagate 500 G hard drive (SATA) in my Windows XP > computer (less than 2 years), where my data is stored. > > The OS has stopped recognizing it, but it still spins. I found out that the > hard drive firmware (SD15)was faulty on these hard drives and eventually > they stop functioning properly. > > My cousin suggested that I might be able to use Linux to read the data where > Windows cannot. He has Linux, but is not familiar on how to try to retrieve > the data. > > Is there some simple instructions or someone who can assist in this > recovery? > > I was hoping to find out ASAP if this can be done, as I will have to look to > alternative solutions if it is not possible. > > Thank you for any help you can offer. > > > > Neil (Blacher) > > 613-228-2277 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux