[ubuntu-uk] Hard drive- Bad sectors

[javadayaz]

Quote my brother:

 "I don't think it's a sector issue because its practically impossible for
every sector to have become corrupt overnight. Rather, I think the mbr may
have got corrupted somehow and needs to be rebuilt but that wud need to wipe
the whole thing. Is there a recover utility that could build it leaving what
was there before intact?"

On 16 April 2010 12:26, Dan Attwood <danattwood at googlemail.com> wrote:

> I've done the freezer trick before on a failing hard drive and it does
> work. I found it best to wrap the drive up and give it half an hour in the
> freezer and then when you take it out balance it circuit board down on a
> pack of frozen sausages to keep it cooler for longer.
>
> However I don't think this trick will work on bad sectors. It worked for
> be because one of the chips on the circuit board was failing and
> overheating, which would then shut the drive down.
>
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