[Gllug] Recommendable hard drive repair 'kits'

[DL Neil]

Chris' recent post on the 'BBC petition' thread mentioned using Linux  
to repair disks at which Windows baulks. I have done this with some  
success in the past - now where did I scribble those notes...

Is this 'the season' for it? I have recently accumulated three HDDs in  
various states of distress (one is likely 'only' MBR/boot, one gives  
an EIDE error, and the other is either in the middle or beyond my  
meager resources). All are Win2000 or maybe XP, internal IDE/P-ATA, -  
and if I set them up originally, they'll be NTFS.

I have experimental 'server' hardware available, with both P-ATA and  
S-ATA, plus network access. I'd prefer to do file copies (cf disk  
images). Unless disk testing shows almost-no errors (eg the MBR), the  
'faulty' drives will likely be 'erased' and then junked rather than  
risking a re-build.

Which 'repair kit' or specialised distro do you consider the best of  
the bunch currently?

Regards,
=dn


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