I have a similar problem with a drive at our office. I swapped controllers with a similar drive. Can see the drive but not access the contents. Does anyone know of a commercial service in Manila that rescues damaged drives ?
Johng On 7/13/2010 2:19 PM, Michael Tinsay wrote: > Try also different BIOS settings of the SATA controller. > Try booting with different kernel parameters like "nodmraid" or > "all_ide_generic"(???). > Try other versions (older or newer) of the kernel. > Try other distros using their live CDs. > > This is of course assuming that the motherboard of the drive is not yet kaput. > > > --- mike t. > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > >> From: Ramil Galib<[email protected]> >> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:32:30 >> Subject: Re: [plug] Hard disk rescue >> >> I plug it in again using the USB adaptor and here's what in >> > /var/log/messages: > >> scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD 10EAVS External 1.75 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 >> sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 >> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB) >> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off >> sdc: >> >> >> Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE >> sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] >> Info fld=0x0 >> <this part of the message repeats almost 50 times> >> >> fdisk, parted can't detect the drive >> >> BRICKED? >> >> >> On 7/13/10, Holden Hao<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Ramil Galib<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I have a Western Digital 1TB usb hard disk and now I cannot access it >>>> anymore. >>>> Thinking that the USB to SATA interface is defective, I opened the >>>> case and pulled out the >>>> SATA hard disk. >>>> BIOS correctly identified the SATA disk but >>>> dd cannot erase/write on the MBR. >>>> TestDisk cant find any existing partition. >>>> >>> >>> The disk might be encrypted or locked. I forgot the technical term but if >>> it is what you have then you can no longer use the disk if it remains >>> unlocked. This lock is activated by the BIOS such that it can not be >>> used >>> in any other computer. It is possible and it has been reported that the >>> BIOS can sometimes malfunction and lock you out from your drive. The only >>> solution is to use a a commercial software that can unlock it. I have used >>> it before but I no longer remember the name of the software. It is best to >>> try searching Google. Most business laptops made by HP supports this >>> feature. >>> >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Holden >>> >>> >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> >> > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
