"reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"

[Qiubo Su (David Su)]

Dear Pete,

Thanks for your advice.

the harddrive didn't have hard shock or dropped. it may be due to high
temperature.

want to backup the data in this harddrive, i remove it out from the PC
chasis and put into an external harddrive case and USB connect it to
another working server, but can't access to the harddrive.

what can this tell us? is the harddrive still ok? if not, can it be fixed?

moreover, this server is running in a SOHO environment, i.e. it is within a
LAN through DHCP running on a NAT router through a NAT modem to Internet.
could it be possible that some one hack into this server from Internet and
"broke" the harddrive?

the minimum i need at this stage for the harddrive is that i can backup the
important data.

it looks really a big trouble at the moment. your advice and help is much
appreciated.

thanks kindly,
q.s.


On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:16 AM, pete smout <psmouty at live.com> wrote:

> On 20/08/13 12:23, compdoc wrote:
> >> Are there any tools, e.g. Ubuntu rescue tool etc, can help to bring
> > this harddrive to life?
> >
> >
> >
> > One valuable tool is the SMART info recording built into most hard
> > drives. You can use the Disk Utility gui, or the smartctl command line
> > program to read SMART.
> >
> >
> >
> > In the 'raw' data column, if there are any Reallocated Sector Counts,
> > Current Pending Sector Counts, or Uncorrectable Sector Counts then the
> > drive needs to be replaced.
> >
> >
> >
> > There may be other relevant counts too - for instance some drives record
> > if the they have been subjected to hard shocks like being dropped, or
> > high temperatures.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Hi,
>
> Although never a permanent fix I have found hirens boot cd [1] will
> repair damaged sectors of a hdd (at least long enough to backup valuable
> data), but be warned that when a hdd goes it is generally gone and no
> fix will last for ever in my experience. Also worth noting the last time
> I used it (about 3 versions ago) it had a non-destructive and a
> destructive repair option if you need to recover data the
> non-destructive option is the one you need.
>
> Of course being a server you make regular backups of all important data
> anyway right ;)
>
> Regards
>
> Pete
>
> [1] http://www.hiren.info/
>
>
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