[dba-Tech] Great software tool for your kit

Hi All:

Just ran across this following product called TestDisk.
(http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/TestDisk-for-Linux/1180970951/3) It is
an open-source app that can recover corrupted disks from FAT to Linux (even
swap disks). It will rebuild boot tracks and partition tables. 

A good friend had it recover his whole Linux disk after it had been hammered
by a careless Windows install and it worked like a charm. (He had tried a
number of commercial products and they all failed.) 

I subsequently had to recover a corrupted Windows hard drive and it also
worked excellently.

Even if you do not use it, it may prove a useful tool for you in the future.

Jim