Hi Tim
On 14/08/14 08:04, Ken Hutton wrote:
You can clone the disk yourself if you have a new drive e.g.:
dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc
Or create an image on a larger disk e.g.:
dd if=/dev/sdb of=/mnt/newdisk/image
dd does a low level copy so it should copy the partition table and any
recoverable data. By only reading from the potentially damaged disk once
you may avoid further data loss.
Or ddrescue. Method of use is similar to dd but specifically designed to
recover failing disks.
Cheers
Tim
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On 13 Aug 2014 17:58, "Charles Miller" <c...@pampru.org> wrote:
I had the same problem with a 1TB Lacie Big Disk Extreme and being unable
to access it. I asked my local PC shop to see if they could access it, and
if they could, to supply a new hard drive which I would pay for and copy
all the data on to it before doing anything else.
They were able to copy my data onto their own PC and 'fixed' the problem
by re-loading some of the firmware - which did and stll does allow access,
BUT instead of putting my data onto a new hard disk, they copied it back to
the Lacie and deleted what was on their PC - to save me money!
The problem is, the WRITE is was still faulty, so lots of my data - mostly
irreplacable pictures taken from around the world in my extensive travels -
is now shredded by wide bands of angled stripes. A hair-tearing situation!!!
Supply a hard drive FIRST and ask them to access the Lacie and copy the
data across and until you have checked the results, DO NOT LET THEM FIX THE
LACIE but send it to Lacie once you have your data. Unfortunately, it will
be a rare IT guy who actually listens to and understands what you have
actually asked for!
Lacie do not offer a fault-recovery processing facility. Writing to two
independent drives but reading only one may be the best protection against
this type of failure.
Charles Miller
-----Original Message-----
From: dorset-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:
dorset-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Tim
Sent: 13 August 2014 17:18
To: Dorset Linux User Group
Subject: [Dorset] Should of done a backup
I had a Lacie single disk (500gb) nas but for the last few days I have not
been able to contact it. I have rebooted it several time via turning it on
and off but that made no difference, there is a blue light that come on and
occasionally flickers (which is normal). I have tried to access via Linux
and Windows, windows has Lacie disk manager program but that claims there
are no disks.
I have done an ipscan and can account for all the IP's addresses listed,
none of the Nas, (both window and linux picked it up by device name and I
cant remember the IP address I set it to). My main question is what file
system do those device normally run. I was thinking about removing the hard
disk and putting it in a USB disk reader and hopefully recovering some or
all of my data (making the assumption that it is the Motherboard as such
that had died and not the disk).
I do have a backup but not a current one, in my defence the USB hard disk
I was backing up to died and I have been saving to buy a new nas (as I am
currently using 400gb of the 500gb nas disk) and a new usb hard disk to
back it up to.
Any suggestion or comment appreciated, except those that extract the urine
;)
Tim
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