Re: ddrescue and windowsxp

[steef <debian.linux@home.nl>]

On 05-10-13 13:26, Doug wrote:
> On 10/05/2013 04:05 AM, steef wrote:
> > hi folks,
> >
> > my eldest daughter has an old laptop with windowsxp loaded on it. the
> > machine crashed yesterday.
> >
> > my question: can i use debian and the ddrescue-procedure to save the
> > data of this laptop like i did about 7 years ago with a crashed
> > slackware_hd??
> >
> > google confused me.
> >
> > thank you,
> >
> > steef
> google for XP rescue and see what you get. There are a whole bunch
> of rescue disks available. I have about 4, but have never had to use
> one. I think they're all based on Linux, but i don't know how they work.
>
> Good luck
>
> --doug

hi doug (and other kind people),

i succeeded with knoppix 7.02. after this, just for fun, i followed the 
allmost - antique procedure - with ddrescue. both methods worked well.

thank you all for your help,

regards,

steef