Copying A Disk

[Pete Holsberg]

Frans has written on 7/12/2008 8:24 PM:
> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:31:22 -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote:
>
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>> Chris Mohler has written on 7/12/2008 1:34 PM:
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>>> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
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>>>>    What you do is this:
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo fdisk /dev/sda and if that fails try sdb and so forth. I would
>>>> expect it to be sda because windows likes to be in the first partition
>>>> :-)
>>>>     
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Wrong.  /dev/sda ~= /DEVices/ScsiDiskA.  Meaning "sda" denotes the
>>> first drive, "sdb" is the second drive, and so on.  Whether or not
>>> windows prefers to be installed in the first partition of a drive has
>>> no relevance here - this is not a dual-boot setup, but a full XP MCE
>>> install that has gone bad - likely due to hardware failure
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>>>   
>>>       
>> Yes, hardware failure. I said that, didn't I?
>>
>> So if sudo fdisk /dev/sda is wrong, what is right?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>     
>
> Just a thought: maybe there is a (hardware) problem with the (S)ATA to 
> usb cable you mentioned: http://www.xpcgear.com/usbdsc5.html .
>   

Doubtful. The  error message from Windows is about paging errors.

> Maybe you should try to connect the disk directly to a (S)ATA controller.
>   

Not willing to take the chance. I'll see what happens with a frozen HD.