http://netvouz.com/Xyzzy/tag/drives?feed=rss Xyzzy's bookmarks tagged "drives" on Netvouz http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20100226122928107/DataRecovery.html Explains the process of data recovery, then covers the top 5 Linux programs for doing it. Computers & Electronics Xyzzy Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:59:52 GMT http://www.innovationsts.com/blog/?p=658#howto How to figure out what's causing the annoying "device or resource busy" error and fix it. Computers & Electronics Xyzzy Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:10:14 GMT http://grml.org/ Lightweight Debian-based Live system useful for regular use or emergency system repair; can use a variety of window managers. Computers & Electronics Xyzzy Sat, 10 Apr 2010 04:32:03 GMT http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=283131 Computers & Electronics Xyzzy Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00:22 GMT http://blog.shadypixel.com/monitoring-hard-drive-health-on-linux-with-smartmontools/ Modern hard drives come with a special self-testing ability called SMART -- this detailed guide shows how to acquire & use the command-line "smartmontools" to check it. Computers & Electronics Xyzzy Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:02:06 GMT http://partclone.org/ "Partclone is a project similar to the well-known backup utility "Partition Image" a.k.a Partimage. [It] provides utilities to back up and restore used-blocks of a partition and it is designed for higher compatibility of the file system ..." Computers & Electronics Xyzzy Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:11:50 GMT http://partimage.org/Main_Page Disk/partition backup software that copies data on a sector basis from used portions of a partition to an image file, which can be compressed or split into multiple files (to fit on CDs/DVDs). Runs in Windows & Linux; most Linux & Windows filesystems are supported. Computers & Electronics Xyzzy Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:10:26 GMT http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20100226123335414/TestDisk.html "The software was designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally wiping a Partition Table)." Computers & Electronics Xyzzy Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:53:02 GMT http://tuxboot.org/ "Tuxboot helps you to create a bootable Live USB drive for Clonezilla live, DRBL live, GParted live and Tux2live. It is modified from UNetbootin and runs on both MS Windows and GNU/Linux." Computers & Electronics Xyzzy Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:56:11 GMT