The kernel is ruining this plan by trying to read the partition table each time I connect the drive (USB cable). Can it be prevented from that (besides by patching it)?
Regards, David On 23 August 2016 at 15:21, Paul Daniels <pldani...@pldaniels.com> wrote: > I'd try power cycling and see if you can get a sample of data from various > points on the drive ( try every 50GB). Some drives, once they go in to fail > mode, you can't get anything more off them without cycling. I ended up > building a USB controllable SATA power switch just so I can handle such > drives. > > something like.... ddrescue -v -f -i 50G -s 1G /dev/sde clone log > > ( and then -i 100G, etc ) > > > > > > On 23/08/16 23:08, David Balažic wrote: >> >> I put the files on external servers: >> >> hdparm -I output : http://pasted.co/d61d1570 >> dmesg: http://pasted.co/a2481e14 >> smartctl -a : http://pasted.co/aead2cc3 >> >> >> On 23 August 2016 at 01:38, Antonio Diaz Diaz <anto...@gnu.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> Please, don't attach large uncompressed files: >>> >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 205619 2016-08-23 01:01 dmesg >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 8791 2016-08-23 01:01 dmesg.lz >>> >>> >>> David Balažic wrote: >>>> >>>> I tried to save some data from a broken HDD with ddrescue, but after 8 >>>> days it still says rescued: 0 >>>> >>>> What options are left? >>> >>> >>> It seems this HDD is totally dead. Have you tried to put it in the >>> freezer? >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Antonio. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bug-ddrescue mailing list >>> Bug-ddrescue@gnu.org >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bug-ddrescue mailing list >> Bug-ddrescue@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue > > _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list Bug-ddrescue@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue