[ubuntu-uk] Hard drive- Bad sectors

[javadayaz]

cool will forward this as well

On 16 April 2010 11:44, Adam Bagnall <bagnaj97 at googlemail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, javadayaz <javadayaz at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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...
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> Regards,
>     Adam.
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