What even is Spinrite? I've heard of it, though I've never understood what it does or is supposed to do. I suspect it's some kind of diagnostic tool. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Kerry Hoath Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 7:00 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Weastern Hard disk problem 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
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