Recover data in ext3 partition

[anthony baldwin]

honglin shang wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a hard drive crash. From the R-linux, I can see the mount 
> point, i.e. , /data, while it is empty. Otherthing like /etc/, I can 
> see the files under it and recover, anyone know why?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan
>
>
use testdisk to try and read the partition, then, if unsuccessful,
send the error messages.
I am currently trying to recover a hdd myself, that gave I/O error 1117 
(chock full o' bad blocks).

tony