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by **Peter Hoekstr** » Tue, 06 Mar 2001 04:55:22

Is there any compression utility which will allow me to compress an exact
copy (ie sector by sector) of a 15Gb drive to one file? I'm asking since I
have a disk (FAT32) which has been damaged and now has 14Gb of it lying
hidden in lost clusters. Also I would like everything which might be on the
disk like MBR and such to be saved. I need this badly so any help is
appreciated.

Thanks!

Peter Hoekstra

by **Tom St Deni** » Tue, 06 Mar 2001 06:34:05

Quote:> Is there any compression utility which will allow me to compress an exact
> copy (ie sector by sector) of a 15Gb drive to one file? I'm asking since I
> have a disk (FAT32) which has been damaged and now has 14Gb of it lying
> hidden in lost clusters. Also I would like everything which might be on
the
> disk like MBR and such to be saved. I need this badly so any help is
> appreciated.

Well it most likely won't compress that much so I would look for a less
specific tool.

Tom

by **klaus hoffman** » Tue, 06 Mar 2001 13:40:16

You should obtain a copy of ghost (Norton?) or "Hard disk copy" by chang ping
Lee. Besides the HD-Repair kit you need now might contain an image copy toolkit.
Ask professional disk repair shops for their Software.
As Tom St Denis pointed out, compression should be unimportant in this case.
Buy a new (bigger) HD and jumper your old hd for hardware-writeprotect; and if
you're through, you can perform incremental backups on your old, noew redundant drive.
Klaus

Peter Hoekstra schrieb:

Quote:
> Is there any compression utility which will allow me to compress an exact
> copy (ie sector by sector) of a 15Gb drive to one file? I'm asking since I
> have a disk (FAT32) which has been damaged and now has 14Gb of it lying
> hidden in lost clusters. Also I would like everything which might be on the
> disk like MBR and such to be saved. I need this badly so any help is
> appreciated.

> Thanks!

> Peter Hoekstra

by **Peter Hoekstr** » Thu, 08 Mar 2001 01:16:00

I've got a copy now of PowerQuest DiskImage 4.0 that I'll try tonight. It's
said to work quite well so maybe... Can't seem to find Hard disk copy
though. Thanks for your input

Peter Hoekstra

Quote:> You should obtain a copy of ghost (Norton?) or "Hard disk copy" by chang
ping
> Lee. Besides the HD-Repair kit you need now might contain an image copy
toolkit.
> Ask professional disk repair shops for their Software.
> As Tom St Denis pointed out, compression should be unimportant in this
case.
> Buy a new (bigger) HD and jumper your old hd for hardware-writeprotect;
and if
> you're through, you can perform incremental backups on your old, noew
redundant drive.
> Klaus

> Peter Hoekstra schrieb:

> > Is there any compression utility which will allow me to compress an
exact
> > copy (ie sector by sector) of a 15Gb drive to one file? I'm asking since
I
> > have a disk (FAT32) which has been damaged and now has 14Gb of it lying
> > hidden in lost clusters. Also I would like everything which might be on
the
> > disk like MBR and such to be saved. I need this badly so any help is
> > appreciated.

> > Thanks!

> > Peter Hoekstra

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