> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Web mail archive available at > > > https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@trinitydes > > >kt op.org > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
