Thanks,
I'll give that a try. I've managed to boot from a CD now after leaving the PC alone
for a day. Using PHLAK as it seems to have a bunch of tools built in.
Brad
----- Original Message -----
From: Hendrik Schaink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 8:53 pm
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Please Help (Urgent!)
> I recommend using SpinRite 6 available from www.grc.com . I used
> it a
> few weeks ago to diagnose an intermittent hard drive and found out
> that
> drive is fine, but a few crucial sectors were unreadable. SpinRite
> did
> perform in-depth analysis and has restored the drive pretty much
> completely. Two files I needed to restore by hand.
>
> HTH, Hendrik Schaink
>
>
> Brad Camroux wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a rather severe and urgent problem. I'm not certain, but
> I think one of my hard drives has crashed (possibly physically, in
> which case I'm pretty certain that I have no hope). I am unable to
> boot to my normal screen - the best I can do is the root
> maintenance shell after e2fsck fails.
> >
> > In this shell, I have managed to discern that it is /dev/hdb that
> is having trouble. Curiously, I am able to get logical output from
> /dev/hdb3 and /dev/hdb5, while /dev/hdb1 and /dev/hdb2 result in
> severe errors. I tried running fsck manually with no success:
> >
> > <snip>
> > Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks
> > hdb: read_intr: status=0x59
> > hdb: read_intr: error=0x40 {UncorrectableError}, LBAsect=262147,
> sector=262147> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 262147
> > hdb: read_intr: error=0x40 ... LBAsect=1048591, sector=1048591
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 1048591
> > fsck.ext2: Bad magin number in super-block while trying to open
> /dev/hdb>
> > The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct
> ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an
> ext2 filesystem ..., then the superblock is corrupt, and you might
> try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
> > e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
> > </snip>
> >
> > I tried this with no luck, getting the same error messages as
> above with different sectors. Then I tried to reboot, which was
> unsuccessful, giving me the maintenance root shell. Tried pressing
> <CTRL>+D for "normal" startup, but that didn't work.
> >
> > I cannot even boot from CD into something like PHLAK to
> perform/learn forensics!
> >
> > Is there anything I can do, or do I just throw the HD out and buy
> a new one? (Really can't afford this option, but if it's all I can
> do, then hey....)
> >
> > Please help... I'm desperate :O(
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Brad Camroux
> >
> >
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