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From: Andy Burns on 22 Jun 2010 16:46 tony sayer wrote: > There was a thread somewhere detailing some of the ways to recover data > apart from commercial outfits costing a lot of money. PC won't recognise > it apart from make and model number and thats as far as it goes.. http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/ Will try very hard to copy what it can from the drive (to a new drive or to an image file for later restore/recovery) http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec Will pick the bits of recoverable files out of the smouldering remnants, but it only recognises certain formats.
From: Paul Bird on 22 Jun 2010 18:52 tony sayer wrote: > Also anyone any suggestion as to a reliable make of drive as it seems to > me there're all getting rather bad!.. Seagate Barracudas have done me well for the last five or six years but as usual YMMV. And the Seagate Momentus, the 2.5" version seems to withstand knocks and general abuse having been used as a USB portable in daily use. PB
From: Jon Green on 22 Jun 2010 19:04 On 22/06/2010 23:52, Paul Bird wrote: > Seagate Barracudas have done me well for the last five or six years Me three. I populate RAIDs with them. Out of eight drives, I've only had to replace one. Even that one hadn't broken, but was starting to raise SMART warnings, so I dropped in a replacement for safety's sake. Jon -- SPAM BLOCK IN USE! To reply in email, replace 'deadspam' with 'green-lines'. Blog: http://bit.ly/45cLHw Pix: http://bit.ly/d8V2NJ Website: http://www.green-lines.com/
From: dennis on 23 Jun 2010 02:53 "Jon Green" <jonsg(a)deadspam.com> wrote in message news:b-KdnYwp-7Ll3LzRnZ2dnUVZ8lKdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... > On 22/06/2010 23:52, Paul Bird wrote: >> Seagate Barracudas have done me well for the last five or six years > > Me three. I populate RAIDs with them. Out of eight drives, I've only had > to replace one. Even that one hadn't broken, but was starting to raise > SMART warnings, It had broken then. Don't make the mistake of thinking they aren't broken when SMART errors start cropping up. Don't think a reformat will fix them either as some on t'internet think. > so I dropped in a replacement for safety's sake.
From: Jon Green on 23 Jun 2010 03:23
On 23/06/2010 07:53, dennis(a)home wrote: > "Jon Green" <jonsg(a)deadspam.com> wrote in message > news:b-KdnYwp-7Ll3LzRnZ2dnUVZ8lKdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... >> On 22/06/2010 23:52, Paul Bird wrote: >>> Seagate Barracudas have done me well for the last five or six years >> >> Me three. I populate RAIDs with them. Out of eight drives, I've only >> had to replace one. Even that one hadn't broken, but was starting to >> raise SMART warnings, > > It had broken then. > Don't make the mistake of thinking they aren't broken when SMART errors > start cropping up. I didn't! That's why I replaced it. In my book, there's a difference between "failing" (raising SMART warnings but continuing to work) and "broken" (no longer working). The drive was failing, but not broken. > Don't think a reformat will fix them either as some on t'internet think. A low level reformat can sometimes help, but IME it usually only delays the inevitable. FWIW, the drive in question is now used as a transfer drive, getting rare outings in a USB drive cradle at need, so it's still returning some value. It seems to be happier now, not being the hottest drive in a 4-drive RAID. Jon -- SPAM BLOCK IN USE! To reply in email, replace 'deadspam' with 'green-lines'. Blog: http://bit.ly/45cLHw Pix: http://bit.ly/d8V2NJ Website: http://www.green-lines.com/ |