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From: flanderesses on 24 Dec 2007 19:14 Dear Group, I had Ubuntu running on my thinkpad T42 for the longest time on a seagate drive (ST980815A). I had all my research work on there and it died! Right when I made some room on my server (not even an hour ago) to copy my stuff over the thing died!! Its like getting hit by lightning. I tried connecting it with a USB drive enclosure to see if it would come up, but I don't see any messages in dmesg... I do a $tail -f /var/log/messages to watch what device it gets assigned as and nothing comes up. Moreso, when I put my ear against it, it is making an rhythmical beeping noise... not beeps, but a cyclic tune that is very faint -- not audible from a distance. I downloaded the seagate diagnostic tool for linux and issued a, $st -l to list all drives, and of course nothing comes up. I am absolutely hosed and I can't afford some expensive recovery. If anyone out there knows how to help me or can guide me I am eternally indebted to you. Here is some system info: Im running kernel 2.6.19 Debian on my server. If you need other information please let me know. I don't quite know what I should provide. Thank you, Pouya
From: mscotgrove on 24 Dec 2007 19:27 On Dec 25, 12:14 am, flanderes...(a)gmail.com wrote: > Dear Group, > I had Ubuntu running on my thinkpad T42 for the longest time on a > seagate drive (ST980815A). I had all my research work on there and it > died! Right when I made some room on my server (not even an hour ago) > to copy my stuff over the thing died!! Its like getting hit by > lightning. I tried connecting it with a USB drive enclosure to see if > it would come up, but I don't see any messages in dmesg... > > I do a > $tail -f /var/log/messages > > to watch what device it gets assigned as and nothing comes up. > > Moreso, when I put my ear against it, it is making an rhythmical > beeping noise... not beeps, but a cyclic tune that is very faint -- > not audible from a distance. I downloaded the seagate diagnostic tool > for linux and issued a, > > $st -l > > to list all drives, and of course nothing comes up. I am absolutely > hosed and I can't afford some expensive recovery. If anyone out there > knows how to help me or can guide me I am eternally indebted to you. > > Here is some system info: > Im running kernel 2.6.19 Debian on my server. > > If you need other information please let me know. I don't quite know > what I should provide. > Thank you, > Pouya For laptop drives, The Momentus has a reputation for head failure, I saw three in one month, though a slightly different version numberto yours. I would recommend you find a specialist recovery company capable of phyiscal recovery Michael
From: Arno Wagner on 25 Dec 2007 13:09 Previously flanderesses(a)gmail.com wrote: > Dear Group, > I had Ubuntu running on my thinkpad T42 for the longest time on a > seagate drive (ST980815A). I had all my research work on there and it > died! Right when I made some room on my server (not even an hour ago) > to copy my stuff over the thing died!! Its like getting hit by > lightning. I tried connecting it with a USB drive enclosure to see if > it would come up, but I don't see any messages in dmesg... > I do a > $tail -f /var/log/messages > to watch what device it gets assigned as and nothing comes up. > Moreso, when I put my ear against it, it is making an rhythmical > beeping noise... not beeps, but a cyclic tune that is very faint -- > not audible from a distance. I downloaded the seagate diagnostic tool > for linux and issued a, > $st -l > to list all drives, and of course nothing comes up. I am absolutely > hosed and I can't afford some expensive recovery. If the OS does not find the drive, then there is nothing you can do by yourself. You can, however, do a lot of additional damage trying to. > If anyone out there > knows how to help me or can guide me I am eternally indebted to you. Probably you are screwed. This sounds like your disk is dead. The only cheap protection against this is a backup. > Here is some system info: > Im running kernel 2.6.19 Debian on my server. > If you need other information please let me know. I don't quite know > what I should provide. > Thank you, > Pouya I think you choices are a) expensive recovery or b) do without the data. Although there are some miracle recoveries you can read about, they are exceedingly rare and chances are hat they will not work for you. I recommend that you make a choice beteen option a) and b) now and then get on with your life. On the plus side, you learned a very valuable lession. Most people only learn by personal experience. Be glad that it was not something even more expensive you had to learn this lesson on. Arno
From: Arno Wagner on 25 Dec 2007 13:11
Previously mscotgrove(a)aol.com <mscotgrove(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Dec 25, 12:14�am, flanderes...(a)gmail.com wrote: >> Dear Group, >> I had Ubuntu running on my thinkpad T42 for the longest time on a >> seagate drive (ST980815A). I had all my research work on there and it >> died! Right when I made some room on my server (not even an hour ago) >> to copy my stuff over the thing died!! Its like getting hit by >> lightning. I tried connecting it with a USB drive enclosure to see if >> it would come up, but I don't see any messages in dmesg... >> >> I do a >> $tail -f /var/log/messages >> >> to watch what device it gets assigned as and nothing comes up. >> >> Moreso, when I put my ear against it, it is making an rhythmical >> beeping noise... not beeps, but a cyclic tune that is very faint -- >> not audible from a distance. I downloaded the seagate diagnostic tool >> for linux and issued a, >> >> $st -l >> >> to list all drives, and of course nothing comes up. I am absolutely >> hosed and I can't afford some expensive recovery. If anyone out there >> knows how to help me or can guide me I am eternally indebted to you. >> >> Here is some system info: >> Im running kernel 2.6.19 Debian on my server. >> >> If you need other information please let me know. I don't quite know >> what I should provide. >> Thank you, >> Pouya > For laptop drives, The Momentus has a reputation for head failure, I > saw three in one month, though a slightly different version numberto > yours. Well, head failure is the worst case. > I would recommend you find a specialist recovery company capable of > phyiscal recovery And do not power the disk up anymore. Every attempt it makes to ccess the data can introduce surface damage, that may make professional recovery even more expensive or impossible. Arno |