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Originally Posted by Runningwater
If I do it that way, Ubuntu (or any other flavor of Linux) should also the other hard drives on the computer - so I could theoretically drag and drop from say C -> D, right? (I don't have an external or flash drive big enough).
After I retrieve the files - should the hard drive be okay for reformat? Or is there still a chance that it would @%$# up again?
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Yes you can copy from C to D if you have 2 hard drives.
You can try the hard drive after you get the data off of it but it is risky. Usually that is a ticket to trouble. Hard drives are like $50 for 750 GB now so I would just get a new one.
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