My Dell laptop (D600) running Windows XP died on me this weekend. Windows will not boot. When I run diagnostics I reviece the following error: DST Short Test Fail. Error 1000-0146. I alspo receive Error Code: 0F00:1A44 during IDE Disk Verify Test and Error Code: 0F00:0244 during IDE Disk Read Test. I contacted Dell Tech Support. They informed my the HD is toast. My company's IT department wants the HD, but I'm afraid they'll pull the Ole Reformat Game on me. Unfortunately, I haven't backed any of the data of the machine in a good long time. I'm trying to use Knoppix to troubleshoot / recover the data from my HD. With Knoppix booted, I can see the HD, but the folder / file names are not legiable. Does Knoppix have utilities to run scandisk or defragmet? Or any other suggestions would help.