![]() For plenty of information on all that you can do with Knoppix, see Knoppix Hacks (O'Reilly, 2004). ![]() Oh, did we mention that Knoppix is free for the download? Knoppix is also available on CD for a nominal fee from online vendors like CheapBytes ( ) and many others. Search Google for "Knoppix recover" or "Knoppix rescue" and you'll find dozens of documents that explain the hardware analysis, testing, and data recovery features of Knoppix. Download a copy for yourself (now, before you need it) and play around with it. We don't have room here to detail all of the many capabilities of Knoppix. ![]() You don't need to learn Linux to use Knoppix. If the machine hadn't been connected to a network, we could have used K3b (a Linux CD/DVD burning application) to write the recovered files to a CD or DVD all of this simply by pointing and clicking, just like Windows. Knoppix even recognized the Windows network we were connected to, and allowed us to save the recovered files to a shared Windows volume on another machine on the network. ![]() Knoppix gave us read-only access to the Windows partition, and allowed us to browse it and copy the data files to a safe location. Windows refused to boot, and we didn't want to risk a reinstall before we salvaged the data on the drive. Figure 2-3, for example, shows Knoppix running on a system that had crapped out under Windows. Knoppix is priceless when you need to recover data from a corrupted or otherwise inaccessible hard drive that Windows won't touch.
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