On Sun, 11 May 2008 12:22:32 +0100, Java Jive put
finger to keyboard and composed:

On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:36:47 +1000, Franc Zabkar
wrote:

Alternatively, you could stick your HD in a USB enclosure and try to
image it. I suspect, however, that the file system may be proprietary.

If it's like mine, then it is. Imaging onto another drive is only
likely to work if you can find an identical disk, or at least one with
an identical number of logical sectors &/or physical CHS layout, not
sure whether one could get away with the former (most probably) or
would actually need the latter, and have software that can perform
whichever is required between a logical or physical sector-by-sector
copy.

You may be able to limit the capacity reported by the HD by creating a
Host Protected Area:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_Protected_Area

- Franc Zabkar
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