> On 14 Oct 2014, at 11:55, Emmanuel Florac <eflorac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Le Mon, 13 Oct 2014 23:38:34 +0100 > Tom Mason <tom_mason@xxxxxx> écrivait: > >> Btw - before I get rid of this old samsung 1tb drive, the folder's >> properties in the failed drive actually report a lot higher for file >> numbers and sizes than eventually get copied - it reports: "Error >> while copying There was an error getting information about the files >> in the folder 'xxxxx' no data available" ...is there a way around >> this or is this my lost data? > > The metadata information from the drive may be inaccurate because the > log is corrupted. Then some folder data may have been lost and prevent > you from recovering the files that are in some folders. > > After you're done copying all files you can from the disk, you can try > to make a mirror image on another drive at least as big as this one, > and run xfs_repair on the image. After that you could eventually get > more data back (it depends upon the extent of the damage to the actual > data and file structure). > > To copy the disk on another one, you can use ddrescue or dd with > "noerror" option. > ----------------------------------------- Thanks again! Can I create an image on a new NAS drive such as a seagate 3tb 'Central network attached storage NAS' STCG3000200 without interfering with its capabilities as a NAS drive? Tom _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
