On Thursday 10 September 2020 11:24:47 BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote:
On Thursday 10 September 2020 11:11:22 BorgLabs - Kate Draven via tde-users
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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. > > _______________________________________________ > > tde-users mailing list -- users@trinitydesktop.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to > > users-leave@trinitydesktop.org Web mail archive available at
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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 _______________________________________________
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
I always knew that, if Seagate somehow stays in business, then they must
have
some customers somewhere. You must be the one.
Bill _______________________________________________
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
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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