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    'Something Windows couldn't do'

    I was reading this story as to why this guy loves Linux, you know, to learn more and further justify myself into coming to this crazy world. Well, this one quote stuck out to me, and I just had to share it. http://apcmag.com/why_i_love_linux.htm

    ...shows off the Linux approach of using many small tools to solve big problems...In this case, recovering data from Windows partitions that Windows itself can't do.
    Now, isn't that a funny story? Read the rest of the story, its actually quite interesting.

    As well, if anyone has any other links they'd like to share, post it up!
    Computer Lie #1: You&#39;ll never use all that disk space.<br />FATAL SYSTEM ERROR: Press F13 to continue...<br />The box said, &quot;Requires Windows 7 Home Edition or better&quot; ..so I installed Linux<br />My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.<br />Bad command. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaay...
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    Re: 'Something Windows couldn't do'

    i wish i had that kind of geekieness when i accidentally formatted a data drive a year or so ago!

    But im just a hardware and applications kinda guy.

    woodsmoke
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      Re: 'Something Windows couldn't do'

      Excellent read!

      It is a blow-by-blow account of how reverse engineering works!
      "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
      – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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        Re: 'Something Windows couldn't do'

        Originally posted by GreyGeek
        Excellent read!

        It is a blow-by-blow account of how reverse engineering works!
        But - he forgot Rule #1.

        RAID is not a backup solution.

        we see things not as they are, but as we are.
        -- anais nin
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          Re: 'Something Windows couldn't do'

          Any of you have similar stories? It was quite interesting to me, and I'm sure you more experienced users must have something interesting to tell
          Computer Lie #1: You&#39;ll never use all that disk space.<br />FATAL SYSTEM ERROR: Press F13 to continue...<br />The box said, &quot;Requires Windows 7 Home Edition or better&quot; ..so I installed Linux<br />My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.<br />Bad command. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaay...
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            Re: 'Something Windows couldn't do'

            Not really, but I routinely use Linux utilities to recover Windows systems at work.

            When a user in my agency gets a new computer they fdisk his old one after he signs off that he's got all his data. Maybe 10% of the time they remember something after the partition table on his old PC has been wiped - and I get to use testdisk to restore the partition table and get him access to his old data.
            we see things not as they are, but as we are.
            -- anais nin
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              Re: 'Something Windows couldn't do'

              Originally posted by wizard10000
              Not really, but I routinely use Linux utilities to recover Windows systems at work.
              ....
              Or, Unix systems that couldn't recover from repeated HD crashes.
              "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
              – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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                Re: 'Something Windows couldn't do'

                Originally posted by wizard10000
                Not really, but I routinely use Linux utilities to recover Windows systems at work.
                +1

                Yep! Same here!
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