0) Backup 0.1) test (at least statistically) backups 0.2) offsite backups & rotations thereof 1) Check if it's covered under warranty, if data isn't to be recovered or worth recovering from the drive, one may at least get the drive replaced, generally for not more than cost of shipping the drive to Seagate. You can check warranty status on-line by mfg. date, period may be longer based upon purchase date with proof of purchase. Might not be fast in replacement time, but often better than eating entire cost of replacing drive. Be sure to check Seagate's recommendations on testing/confirming issue, return procedures, etc. If it's sufficiently recent enough, store/vendor where purchased might even cover replacement. 1.1) Hard drives die, sometimes/often with zero advance warning. Specific manufacturer isn't the largest correlating factor - largest correlating factors are generally specific lots of specific models of drives from specific manufacturers. 2) If it's not under warranty, can do about whatever one wants with it to try to recover - at least if one's not too worried about getting the data back. 2.1) "External" hard drive - yeah, rather a misnomer. It's a(n internal) hard drive in an (external) enclosure with some type of interface. More options and/or information may be available interfacing directly to the hard drive itself - that's almost always the case for "modern" "external" hard drives, unless possibly where the interface is eSATA to a SATA drive (in which case the signals pass directly through). 3) Not really Ubuntu specific, but there are various tools that might possibly be useful - but really depends what kind of shape the drive is in. 4) Just because you can't access the data doesn't mean nobody else can. Was it securely encrypted? Does it need to be securely disposed of or wiped, even if not operational? 5) Can try various lists that may be more, e.g. Linux general (doesn't sound like Ubuntu issue) and/or more hardware-oriented. 6) Some the stories, etc. at BALUG today may be informative/useful http://www.balug.org/#Meetings-upcoming
From: "Grant Bowman" <[email protected]> Subject: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Failing/failed hard disk advice Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 00:00:08 -0700
My new friend who is trying Ubuntu with a disk from Lyz (thanks Lyz) just sent me an email. An external hard drive Seagate (1TB, model #: srd0sp0, newegg carries them for $79) with USB interface is not mounting automatically. When plugged into the MacBook Pro computer a slight clicking sound is heard, then it gets quiet and the light starts blinking. I don't know how much travel this drive has done. Some person on the internet took theirs apart: http://stx.lithium.com/t5/Backup-Plus-and-Seagate-Slim/Backup-Plus-Blinking-Light/td-p/176962 We will try rebooting and mounting on other computers and try to see the partitions and filesystems tomorrow. Perhaps the moral of the story is to buy Western Digital or another manufacturer? Other thoughts? Thanks for ignoring this post or redirecting me to a more appropriate place if you think it's off-topic. Grant
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