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Best Linux Distro for Windows HDD recovery
techidave:
i haven't used hirems all that much, so i cannot answer your question, Milesahead
it seems to be highly rated.
4wd:
If the BIOS can see the HDD, I'd also try Testdisk from within Windows - it may or may not see the HDD, if it does you can recover almost every file off of it.
The Testdisk site also has a list of recovery LiveCDs.
40hz:
For Windows systems I prefer using [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiren%27s_BootCD]Hiren's BootCD.
-40hz (December 02, 2014, 01:17 PM)
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Does it support UEFI secure boot GPT etc? I'm reading at the home page now but I thought I'd ask you also since I suspect you know quite a bit about it. :)
-MilesAhead (December 02, 2014, 06:48 PM)
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It does not have support for EFI out of the box AFAIK.
There are supposedly workarounds for it. And (fortunately) I have yet to need them. But I also haven't run into an issue with an EFI system - nor do I own one. So I have no way of testing or speaking with assurance on anything I've read when it comes to that.
Anybody out there have any real-world experience with any of this?
techidave:
4wd, I used BootMed which has TestDisk to recover the files today. thanks for the link of live cds. i will look at them.
techidave:
MilesAhead,look at this one for UEFI. alt linux
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