<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 April 2010 11:44, Adam Bagnall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bagnaj97@googlemail.com">bagnaj97@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, javadayaz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:javadayaz@gmail.com" target="_blank">javadayaz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr">i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his netbook....<div><br></div><div>but i will forward this option to him as well.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div> On 16 April 2010 11:21, Simon Greenwood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sfgreenwood@gmail.com" target="_blank">sfgreenwood@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> </div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:javadayaz@gmail.com" target="_blank">javadayaz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> </div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr">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?</div> </blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>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.</div> <div><br></div><div>s/</div></div><br><font color="#888888"></font><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>--<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br> <br></blockquote><div><br> </div></div></div></div>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...<br> <br>Regards,<br><font color="#888888"> Adam.<br> </font><br>--<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br>If its a netbook then its probably easier to put the whole machine in the fridge. I am dubious about putting something in the freeze though. <br><br>It was interesting that all my drive failures have happed during the summer months, so temperature does play a part.<br> <br>If you do get it to boot, then have somewhere to back up on hand as you will need get everything copied as quickly as possible before the drive warms up and starts failing again.<br clear="all"><br>Good luck<br>-- <br> John Stevenson<br><a href="http://jr0cket.com">jr0cket.com</a><br><a href="http://leanagilemachine.com">leanagilemachine.com</a><br><br>