[ubuntu-uk] Hard drive- Bad sectors

[Adam Bagnall]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, javadayaz <javadayaz at gmail.com> 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.
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> On 16 April 2010 11:21, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz <javadayaz at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 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?
>>>
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>> 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.
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>> s/
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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.
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