Re: [K12OSN] OT: Looking for Data recovery company

[Dale Sykora <dalen czexan net>]

John Baillie wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I have a friend that had some very important files deleted from her XP 
> desktop. No back ups.
> I instructed her to shut down the machine until I look into it.
>
> I fear the worse for her. Assuming I am correct, can anyone here 
> recommend a vendor for data recovery?
I would consider making a read only backup of the ntfs partition with 
ntfsclone.  See http://www.linux-ntfs.org/ for docs and rpms.