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It will most likely use a Linux or BSD file-system, and not anything m$ or Apple based, as devices like that usually use a Linux or BSD type OS.<br />
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I suggest using the PartedMagic LiveCD to boot your PC with and the printer's disk attached. Then open the Partition Editor on that CD's desktop. It should tell you what filesystems it uses. If the disk is OK you should then be able to mount the partitions on that disk and read the data, or with testdisk/photorec (both utilities on that CD) you can scan it and recover data:<br />
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<a href="http://partedmagic.com" rel="ugc">http://partedmagic.com</a>
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It will most likely use a Linux or BSD file-system, and not anything m$ or Apple based, as devices like that usually use a Linux or BSD type OS.

I suggest using the PartedMagic LiveCD to boot your PC with and the printer's disk attached. Then open the Partition Editor on that CD's desktop. It should tell you what filesystems it uses. If the disk is OK you should then be able to mount the partitions on that disk and read the data, or with testdisk/photorec (both utilities on that CD) you can scan it and recover data:

http://partedmagic.com [http://partedmagic.com]

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Need to begin foreinsics on a a printer hard drive (Lexmark 646e) - does anyone know, before I pull the drive, what the file system on the hard drive will be (FAT32, HPFS, NTFS?) and will it be readable on widows from a disk enclosure?<br />
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Thanks in adavance.
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Need to begin foreinsics on a a printer hard drive (Lexmark 646e) - does anyone know, before I pull the drive, what the file system on the hard drive will be (FAT32, HPFS, NTFS?) and will it be readable on widows from a disk enclosure?

Thanks in adavance.

Lexmark 646e Printer Hard Drive

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