Quote my brother: "I don't think it's a sector issue because its practically impossible for every sector to have become corrupt overnight. Rather, I think the mbr may have got corrupted somehow and needs to be rebuilt but that wud need to wipe the whole thing. Is there a recover utility that could build it leaving what was there before intact?"
On 16 April 2010 12:26, Dan Attwood <[email protected]> wrote: > I've done the freezer trick before on a failing hard drive and it does > work. I found it best to wrap the drive up and give it half an hour in the > freezer and then when you take it out balance it circuit board down on a > pack of frozen sausages to keep it cooler for longer. > > However I don't think this trick will work on bad sectors. It worked for > be because one of the chips on the circuit board was failing and > overheating, which would then shut the drive down. > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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