10 Sep
2020
10 Sep
'20
6:24 p.m.
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 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
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
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