Quote Originally Posted by seemack View Post
You can put the hard drive into another box and it will not erase your disk. Even re-flashing standard ASUS firmware 1.0.7.8 will keep data.

Have a look at this site http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=10198.

I have used this in the early days to make sure I could retrieve my data.

You just need to run Linux (i used Ubumtu) on your windows machine via a CD, loading system temporarily.

I have 2 of these wl700ge's - great little units.

Hope this helps
Yeah thanks that does give me peace of mind knowing it wont initialise the disk. I just got one from ebay so hoping that will sort it out.

I have no idea about Linux though I am techy. I loaded Suse Linux into a virtual machine on my PC but couldn't see the drive at all I wondered if this was because it was connected via a USB caddy. The case is cable for Sata and has no IDE so it was the only way to connect it.

Thanks for the reassurance.