its a hard drive attached to the netbook. Funnily enough this is his third HD...and is a western digital HD as well.
On 16 April 2010 12:20, John Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 16 April 2010 11:44, Adam Bagnall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, javadayaz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his >>> netbook.... >>> >>> but i will forward this option to him as well. >>> >>> On 16 April 2010 11:21, Simon Greenwood <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> My brother has just had his hard drive fail. Testdisk is saying "All >>>>> bad sectors". Is there anything that can be done to rescue the data? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If he (or you) have another machine, it could be removed and put in that >>>> either directly or with a USB hard drive adapter to see if it will mount on >>>> another machine - there's always the possibility that the drive controller >>>> has failed rather than the drive. If that works, you could make an image of >>>> the disk using dd or other disk imaging tools. >>>> >>>> s/ >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >>> >> >> As a true last resort you can try putting the drive in a sealed bag (to >> prevent condensation) and then in the freezer for a few hours. A quick >> google shows there are many reports of this working, although I've never >> tried it and hope I never have to... >> >> Regards, >> Adam. >> >> -- >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> > If its a netbook then its probably easier to put the whole machine in the > fridge. I am dubious about putting something in the freeze though. > > It was interesting that all my drive failures have happed during the summer > months, so temperature does play a part. > > If you do get it to boot, then have somewhere to back up on hand as you > will need get everything copied as quickly as possible before the drive > warms up and starts failing again. > > Good luck > > -- > John Stevenson > jr0cket.com > leanagilemachine.com > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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