I totally agree with your thoughts on the UBD, it has come in very handy quite a few times. While you might not be able to fix your hard drive(s) through it, you can run a series of diagnostics that will tell you what's wrong.
Cheers, Kelvin On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 16:50 +0100, Massimiliano Fantuzzi wrote: > Hi everyone. > My personal experience with hard drives and enclosures is far away from > being ended, but since now i ran into much trouble and had my clues > (PATA,SATA,SCSI, both usb & fixed) > > I would like to share with you my facts: > - try using a linux box with software "testdisk", "scalpel", and so on ... > data was always recoverable, in my exp. (by meaning of replacing PCBs or > just cables, or just by luck). > - try using "ultimate boot cd" from http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ (it has > a bunch of proprietary tools from hdd's vendors, useful to do a low-level > formatting (it is great in getting rid of CLANGS, believe !!!) > - on windows you can try "get data back" or "r:studio", but i assume it is > a linux partition, giving we are on a LUG !!! > > believe, it worth the try to recover data, and do no try fdisk since it wont > be useful in this situation (all your files would be gathered to lost+found > directories). SURE, a backup strategy HAS TO BE implemented, for what it > takes ! > > Hope have been useful, everyone apologize me for bad english :) i'm italian > !! > See you soon, great mailinglist dudes !! > > > Massimiliano Fantuzzi, > IT Professionist & System Builder > www.fantuz.net // [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:36 AM, Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 12:57:13PM +1100, Craig Dibble wrote: > > > Quoting david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >> I've had a back-up hard drive fail today (just the backup drive, not > > the > > >> original) > > >> > > >> Worse still, my son's hard drive failed and then his back-up drive also > > >> failed, so he is in deep doo-doo. > > >> > > >> Fail = clicking noises, won't mount or mounts then won't read/write, > > >> etc. > > > > > > Whilst not an answer to your question, if you're fairly sure the drive > > is > > > terminal it might be time to try a bit of percussive maintenance. I > > > remember having similar problems with a drive many years ago and a sharp > > > smack off the side of the desk did actually fix it. Whether the drive > > heads > > > were stuck or what I don't know, but it was supremely satisfying > > > nonetheless... > > > > > > File that under the "Please don't try this at home" category ;-) > > > Craig > > > > > > FWIW, before you try percussive maintenance, I've had the clicking > > thing and sometimes it has been due to dodgy usb cable or cable > > insertion and once even rebooting linux fixed it - the usb driver > > had got into a funny state and was erroring no every connect. > > Rebooting fixed it. > > > > > > Matt > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > > -- > Massimiliano Fantuzzi, > IT Professionist & System Builder > www.fantuz.net // [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Kelvin Nicholson Voice: +886 9 52152 336 Voice: +1 503 715 5535 GPG Keyid: 289090AC Data: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: yj_kelvin Site: http://www.kelvinism.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
