Solaris

You cannot read a UFS filesystem created on Solaris SPARC from an OpenSolaris running on x86.

What should I install on my PC to read these details? Is there any suitable software?

Hello, this command wont format your drive!! READ the man page if you need details on the usage

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Not as I know..
Get a solaris sparc server somewhere which is not in use (maybe in your office), , install Solaris OS,restore the data or plug,mount and see the details

run
#rmformat

it will show your harddisk controller name.
might be end with c#t#d#p#

then try to mount correct controller name

If I understand you right, you have a hard disk from a sparc system and you want to read it with a x86 system, right? I don't think, this is possible.

Sparc formatted disks start with a BSD label whereas x86 systems require a partition table with four entries at the beginning of the disk. So for a x86 system you disk seems to be unpartitioned.

Also, because of the diffence in the byte order between the two processor architectures, the ufs filesystem from a sparc system is not readable by a x86 system.

I think, you have to try to read the disc on a sparc system.