Incompetent was Using Linux to Recover bad NTFS drive. 3166

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bloody hell - you could do this in Windows... it's called Parbreastion Magic. You could even use DiscWizard, which runs under DR-DOS. Both have the ability to nondestructively clone a parbreastion or even an entire drive. Back in Windows or BartPE you run SectorSpy to dump the raw sector data into text file on a new (much larger) drive for forensic analysis-recovery. Job done. Sheesh. How hard does life have to be for you?

That's just plain arrogant. I wouldn't hire you.

I consult - my first priority is the client's data! FCOL, that's the entire point of what I do, why I charge £45-hour for my time, and why the operation costs £1,000-GB source. Because a: people value their data that much they're willing to pay that for sector recovery if there's even a chance that they'll get their data back, even if it is in a text file they need 64GB of RAM to open, and b: my success rate for sector recovery (80%) speaks for itself.

Hmmm, sure. A year's accounts for a large corp. You fancy typing all that back in from boxed archives? That's often the only backup available.

oh, no, he said the "M" word. And yet you don't value the client's data?? Sorry, I just don't get you.

don't *seem* smarter, *know* your own limitations, *be* smart and *tell your client * if something (like as simple as being able to save his data) is beyond your ability. That way when his data goes bye bye, he is less likely to sue you for wilful negligence, if you've made him aware that the operation you are about to carry out can-will destroy what data he had, or there's a chance that you won't be able to recover anything. My clients have always been made aware of the inherent risks, including the success rate in hard numbers, yet have always been happy to let me try. Not a single one of my failures have so far seen fit to sue.

We're specialists in our own fields. Mine is performing miracles, because I follow unorthodox procedures - my own procedures - which usually gets things done faster, better and stronger than established ones.

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-- Cheers,

Jim

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