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Diagnostic/repair of EXTERNAL IEEE HD without Windows

I have a flaky (as usual) Seagate external 300 MB HD on firewire. Looking for diagnostic utilities/repair utilities which will recognize firewire devices without booting windows. I cannot install Norton System Works on my PC and Spinrite can't see the drive. Seagate's own "SEADISK" cannot see the drive either.

Any joy?

Thanks.

JG

rindi

You might be able to see the drives by using the UBCD

(http://ultimatebootcd.com).

The CD itself does have some disk utilities on it, but probably not those you need. You can customize the CD, though. If your drive gets recognized using the UBCD, you could have a look at the following tools and use them with your disk.

GetDataBack:
http://www.runtime.org/
Free for restoring one file at a time. Is supposed to work really good.

PC Inspector:
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

OnTrack DataRecovery:
http://www.ontrack.com/Homepage.aspx?id=3&pagename=Software

Restoration:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

I'd suggest something else, though. Remove the disk from the firewire case and connect it as a normal IDE disk to your PC, then use the tools above to get extract your data.
Other Data Recovery Tools:
http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.shtml

jfglass

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Ontrack's stuff is just the Seagate relabeled. What I am looking for is (say) a DOS disk with IEEE/USB drivers on it...

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