Hi, This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYSB7_QfaFc video is a good summary of what it does. Unfortunately, what Steve forgets to tell you is that in some situations, spinrite "begging" for the data actually causes the condition of the drive to worsen, which as I said in my last message will usually result in you needing pro help to get any of the data back. Cheers, Ben. On 1/9/14, Ben Mustill-Rose <ben@benmr.com> wrote:
Hi,
I have to agree with Kerry here; part of the problem with Spinrite is that people run it without really knowing that much about what could be wrong with the drive and as Kerry has said, what happens sometimes is a week head becomes a dead head, which turns the job from a potentially DIY type situation into something that will need professional help.
Another problem with it is that it writes to the source drive, which is just a really stupid idea. Big newsflash here, but if you're drives not functioning correctly, you should be aiming to get as much data off it as possible and not to carry on using it as if nothing has happened.
The only slightly good thing about it is its maintenance mode, although this really isn't worth paying for. All it does is 0 fill the drive so that any slow sectors are hopefully marked as bad & moved into the gList. You can do this with free software though; a couple of examples that spring to mind are MHDD (dos) or Western Digitals Data Lifeguard diagnostics which is a Windows program and works on all drives - not just WD's.
If we put aside accessibility & cost constraints, the best software for imaging dead drives is media tools pro although it doesn't appear to be developed anymore. There are a few reasons why I would suggest this software:
1: You can clone in reverse. If you have for arguments sake 1GB of bads at the beginning of a drive, you can grab the rest of the drive at a good speed and then go back and try and read everything you couldn't previously. If you do manage to get anything extra, MTP automatically writes it to the destination drive in the right place. Additionally, even if you disregard all of the unimagable parts, you may already have all the data that you require using this approach. 2: MTP can control power to the drive. In some instances, a drive might respond well for a few hundred thousand LBA's for example but might then completely lock up. If the drive can be spun down / up automatically, whilst the image will take a *long* time to complete, it will take much less time than it would do if you were to manually control power to the drive. 3: MTP is generally more professional software. Steve Gibson is very clever, but I've always scene spinrite as more of a gimmick in comparison to other data recovery software. All you have to do is search for spinrite on a site like hddguru and you'll be able to read what the real professionals have to say about it.
JMO of course.
Cheers, Ben.
On 1/9/14, Kerry Hoath <kerry@ciscovision.org> wrote:
I have had spinrite kill drives that wer failing, pushed them beyond their limits causing them to hard fail.
You get a utility that reads the data off the drive _once_ and try that first.
dd is useful, dcfldd is better as it allows resume and retest of certain areas. Regards, Kerry.
On 10/01/2014 12:38 AM, Scott Granados wrote:
What about Spinrite? WOuldn’t that possibly do the trick?
On Jan 9, 2014, at 11:33 AM, Chris Smart<csmart8@cogeco.ca> wrote:
There are restoration services that will try to recover your data for you, but they aren't cheap.
Is your data more valuable monetarily than the cost of a new drive?
and, DON'T FORGET TO BACK UP REGULARLY next time.
At 08:52 AM 1/9/2014, you wrote:
hello dears
please, which program do the image for such unalocated disk to try to access it by data-back or another? another thing, am i find a software scan the disk to identify the problem for me? many thanks
On 1/9/14, Ben Mustill-Rose<ben@benmr.com> wrote:
Hi,
Yes, Vinux and most other Linux distributions will contain the DD command, although you will have to run this through the terminal as it doesn't have a gui.
Cheers, Ben.
On 1/9/14, Ibraam Wahib<ibraam.wahib@gmail.com> wrote:
> dear ben > thanks for your care > please, which program let me image it sector by sector as you > mentioned > another thing is vinux live cd contain dd app you told me about? > sorry i've not background in such problems > thanks > > On 1/8/14, Ben Mustill-Rose<ben@benmr.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I would suggest imaging it, sector by sector, to a known good 80GB >> or >> larger drive then using software like Get Data Back or rStudio to >> attempt to recover the files. >> >> If you can boot into something like Vinux, dd should be able to >> handle >> the imaging, although if the drive has physical problems, bare in >> mind >> that attempting to access the drive may cause the problems to get >> worse, to the point where you will have to send it to a data >> recovery >> company if you require the data. >> >> Cheers, >> Ben. >> >> On 1/8/14, Ibraam Wahib<ibraam.wahib@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> hello sirs >>> please, i've big problem hope i found one help me >>> >>> suddenly my hard disk at home stope working and i wasn't make >>> back-up >>> for my data >>> it gave me unalocated disk >>> don't know what's wrong, any solve for this problem? >>> what i shall use to identify the problem and how i get my data. >>> note: hard disk is 80 gb, c is ntfs, and the another partations >>> fat32, >>> hard disk is data caple. >>> wait your guide if you please >>> thanks >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blind-sysadmins mailing list >>> Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blind-sysadmins mailing list >> Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > > _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
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