10 Sep
2020
10 Sep
'20
7:19 p.m.
On Thursday 10 September 2020 11:24:47 BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote:
I always knew that, if Seagate somehow stays in business, then they must
have
Sorry, did not mean to offend. I have never had good luck with Seagate. But I
don't doubt what you say. My apologies! but my jokes don't always get a
laugh. :-[
If it comes down to that, I may search for a Seagate hard disk or the board
with the same specs, on your recommendation. I hope it doesn't come to that,
but I do really need to recover this data.
Bill
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> On Thursday 10 September 2020 11:11:22 BorgLabs -
Kate Draven via
> tde-users
>
> wrote:
> > > On Thursday 10 September 2020 10:44:42 BorgLabs - Kate Draven via
> > > tde-users
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > > On Thursday 10 September 2020 10:27:38 BorgLabs - Kate Draven
via
> > > > > tde-users
> > > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > On Thursday 10 September 2020, William Morder via tde-users
wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello again!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I told you that you'd miss me when I'm gone. :-]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please, I need recommendations or strategies for recovering
data.
> > > > > > I had
> > >
> > > a
> > >
> > > > > > flash drive become unreadable, after I plugged it into my
new
>
> printer
>
> > > > > > to print out some documents that had been long in waiting.
> > > > > > Then, before I could save myself, I had a 1.5 TB hard
drive
> > > > > > also fail. On this hard drive is (of course) the source of
> > > > > > those backup copies on the flash drive. This is the
partition
> > > > > > which I was
just
> > > > > > about to backup.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have several hard drives, from 200 GB up to 8 TB, from 20
years
> old
>
> > > > > > to brand-new; all are WD, except for one which is Seagate.
> > > > > > Guess which one failed? I forget when I got it, or why I
ever
> > > > > > would have got anything
> > >
> > > but
> > >
> > > > > > WD, or why I would have put anything important there.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have used ddrescue to try to recover the data, as well as
other
> > > > > > forensics tools.
Recovered images (img and iso) are saved,
> > > > > > and
>
> taking
>
> > > > > > up space, but I cannot determine if there is any useful
> > > > > > content in what was recovered. The failing partition has
not
> > > > > > been deleted. It cannot be read or mounted, so I have just
> > > > > > left it like that, so that I can try to save it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Every attempt to recover the data gives the same result: 2
> > > > > > errors, 3072 B, that cannot be read. I tried using tools
to
> > > > > > look inside the saved iso image, but no luck there. I
don't
> > > > > > want to erase or format the failing disk partition until I
am
> > > > > > sure that
I
> > > > > > have recovered the
data.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My last hope is that I have another 1.5 TB hard drive; I
> > > > > > could try
>
> to
>
> > > > > > write the disk images to that partition before I format
the
> > > > > > old drive. But first, of course, I would need to backup
> > > > > > materials from that drive, and now I am running out of
space
> > > > > > again.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Bill
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > P.S. And if things were not bad enough, the skies here in
San
> > > > > > Francisco are a muddy mixture of orange, black, brown and
> > > > > > gray. At noon today, it looked like the middle of the
night.
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> > > There's another option but a wee bit expensive.
> > >
> > > Purchase the same model SG drive (or whatever model etc) that
> > > failed and swap out the electronics.
> > >
> > > Assuming there's no mechanical damage, it will work.
> > > It's often why I buy drives in pairs.
> > >
> > > Hope this was helpful.
> > >
> > > Kate
> >
> > It is an internal hard drive, not external. Is that what you
> > mean?
> >
> > Bill
> > _______________________________________________
>
> I understand. I mean swap out the IDE boards on the drives.
> Make sure to mark the bad one so you don't try to reuse it.
>
> I've done that only a few times but it works. They must be the same
> model.
>
> Kate
I do have another 1.5 TB hard drive (though I would need to backup
its data first); however, it is WD, not Seagate, and I would not
willingly buy
another
Seagate hard drive.
Bill
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You can't mix boards. They must be the same make and model.
Perhaps you can buy just the board? Or a used working one?
I've used both SG and WD and have had far more failures with WD.
I guess it depends on the models and how they are used?
I currently have nearly all SG drives in the "big machine" the server.
12 drives in total with no failures over the last 10 years.
Kate some customers somewhere. You must be the one.
Bill
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10 years, 12 drives, on a highly active file server / Codec station.
No failures, no data loss. Can you argue with that?
You do you, I was just trying to help.
Kate