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From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-
boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Liam Proven
Sent: 16 April 2010 13:49
To: UK Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hard drive- Bad sectors
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:38 PM, javadayaz javada
On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 15:36 +0100, Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
Does anyone know how SSDs compare in terms of lifetime? I know
theoretically they have a shorter lifetime than conventional hard
drives, but in practice?
Stuff like this - http://www.storagesearch.com/ssdmyths-endurance.html -
has lead
On 16/04/10 11:44, Adam Bagnall wrote:
As a true last resort you can try putting the drive in a sealed bag (to
prevent condensation) and then in the freezer for a few hours. A quick
google shows there are many reports of this working, although I've never
tried it and hope I never have to...
On 16/04/10 13:38, javadayaz wrote:
the hard drive is only a few months old btw
If it's only a few months old then you can possibly get it replaced
under warranty, but you'd need to get the data off it first of course as
you'll get a blank drive back.
Rob
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On 16/04/10 14:52, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 16/04/10 14:46, David King wrote:
Western Digital hard drives are not known for reliability. I avoid them
due to the bad experiences I have read about these drives.
I have tended toward Samsung (1st choice) or Hitachi (2nd) for HDDs for
years
My brother has just had his hard drive fail. Testdisk is saying All bad
sectors. Is there anything that can be done to rescue the data?
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i dont think there is a backup :)
i will recommend spinrite to him.
On 16 April 2010 11:17, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
My brother has just had his hard drive fail. Testdisk is saying All bad
sectors. Is there anything that
On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
My brother has just had his hard drive fail. Testdisk is saying All bad
sectors. Is there anything that can be done to rescue the data?
If he (or you) have another machine, it could be removed and put in that
either directly or
i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his
netbook
but i will forward this option to him as well.
On 16 April 2010 11:21, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote:
On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
My brother has just had his hard
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his
netbook
but i will forward this option to him as well.
On 16 April 2010 11:21, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote:
On 16 April 2010
cool will forward this as well
On 16 April 2010 11:44, Adam Bagnall bagna...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his
netbook
but i will forward this option to him
On 16 April 2010 11:23, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his
netbook
but i will forward this option to him as well.
On 16 April 2010 11:21, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote:
On 16 April 2010 11:08,
On 16 April 2010 11:44, Adam Bagnall bagna...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his
netbook
but i will forward this option to him as well.
On 16 April 2010
its a hard drive attached to the netbook. Funnily enough this is his third
HD...and is a western digital HD as well.
On 16 April 2010 12:20, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote:
On 16 April 2010 11:44, Adam Bagnall bagna...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM,
I've done the freezer trick before on a failing hard drive and it does work.
I found it best to wrap the drive up and give it half an hour in the freezer
and then when you take it out balance it circuit board down on a pack of
frozen sausages to keep it cooler for longer.
However I don't think
Quote my brother:
I don't think it's a sector issue because its practically impossible for
every sector to have become corrupt overnight. Rather, I think the mbr may
have got corrupted somehow and needs to be rebuilt but that wud need to wipe
the whole thing. Is there a recover utility that
On 16 April 2010 12:54, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
Quote my brother:
I don't think it's a sector issue because its practically impossible for
every sector to have become corrupt overnight. Rather, I think the mbr may
have got corrupted somehow and needs to be rebuilt but that wud
thank you...i will forward this to him
On 16 April 2010 13:00, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 16 April 2010 12:54, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
Quote my brother:
I don't think it's a sector issue because its practically impossible
for
every sector to have become corrupt
quote : The problem is that testdisk cant find any partitions at all.. or
even read any data off it
On 16 April 2010 13:00, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 16 April 2010 12:54, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
Quote my brother:
I don't think it's a sector issue because its
On 16 April 2010 13:19, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
quote : The problem is that testdisk cant find any partitions at all.. or
even read any data off it
Unlikely to be the mbr then. More likely the circuitry, controller on
the motherboard or disk itself. All of which are hardware
thank you again. will forward your advice.
On 16 April 2010 13:30, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 16 April 2010 13:19, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
quote : The problem is that testdisk cant find any partitions at all..
or
even read any data off it
Unlikely to be the mbr
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:38 PM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
the hard drive is only a few months old btw
Please try to put your replies /below/ the text you're quoting.
Does your brother tend to treat his disks roughly? That kind of
failure rate implies it's the user, not the hardware.
Adam Bagnall wrote:
As a true last resort you can try putting the drive in a sealed bag
(to prevent condensation) and then in the freezer for a few hours. A
quick google shows there are many reports of this working, although
I've never tried it and hope I never have to...
Regards,
javadayaz wrote:
the hard drive is only a few months old btw
Western Digital hard drives are not known for reliability. I avoid them
due to the bad experiences I have read about these drives.
David
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On 16/04/10 14:46, David King wrote:
Western Digital hard drives are not known for reliability. I avoid them
due to the bad experiences I have read about these drives.
I have tended toward Samsung (1st choice) or Hitachi (2nd) for HDDs for
years now. Not had one every fail - yet. (But I still
On 16 April 2010 15:26, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote:
Alan Lord (News) wrote:
I have tended toward Samsung (1st choice) or Hitachi (2nd) for HDDs for
years now. Not had one every fail - yet. (But I still take nightly backups)
Al
I have had a Hitachi DeskStar go bad recently. They
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Thomas Ibbotson
thomas.ibbot...@gmail.comwrote:
On 16 April 2010 15:26, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote:
Alan Lord (News) wrote:
I have tended toward Samsung (1st choice) or Hitachi (2nd) for HDDs for
years now. Not had one every fail - yet. (But I
On 16 April 2010 15:26, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote:
Alan Lord (News) wrote:
I have tended toward Samsung (1st choice) or Hitachi (2nd) for HDDs for
years now. Not had one every fail - yet. (But I still take nightly
backups)
Al
I have had a Hitachi DeskStar go bad
David King wrote:
I have had a Hitachi DeskStar go bad recently. They are even nicknamed
DeathStar due to a high failure rate years ago when the brand was still
owned by IBM.
Samsung drives have so far been good for me.
david
Sorry, I was looking at the wrong drive, it was a
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