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Originally Posted by blue68f100
If you got one that is bootable, just copy the boot tracks with dd. Don't ever worry about formating. With the drive failing, it will self destruct more every time you start it up.
When I get any computer with a failing drive. I make a ghost set of the drive. This way I can extract all data that is readable without degrading the drive any more. Time is of the essence. Particulary if its the meda failing. Every time you start it up you dammage it more. All that has to happen is to have the heads hangs on the bad section and damage the heads, then your sol. But since ghost has problem with the snap format, use dd to copy the first 25 meg, the boot section with OS.
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can you help me with the dd comand? I'm using a mac os x laptop so dd is part of the system. if necessary I can get hold of a pc desktop.
thank you so much for your help.