the drive makes no unpleasant noises, but I can never mount it. so I cannot apply the suggestions about copying what you need. after I first connect it, I can print the partition table, then it it kind of disappears... mounting never works.
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Philippe Nocq <[email protected]>wrote: > hi > > does it made some noise? > > if not its probably because the card on the drive failed... > Maybe you can look at the model of the card > ask google to buy the same and change the card > > I did like this 4 years ago and my drive is still working > > p. > > > > > 2013/12/5 Peter Silva <[email protected]> > >> Have an old laptop whose hdd died. >> unfortunately, it had some precious data. >> >> it won't boot, I put it in an external enclosure and I can read the >> partition table >> for a few minutes, but then it dies. tried dd'ing off it, got 5 MB in >> before it died (out of 100 G) >> >> my next shot is going to be ddrescue, but if there is someone who knows >> there stuff, I might recommend getting it >> >> Any experience/recommendations? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > >
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