Author: Laurence Darby <ldarby AT tuffmail DOT com>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 00:29:43 +0100
Hi All, So one of my disks crashed before I had time to test all the DVD's I backed up to can be read, so I'm currently testing that now... :-/ Haven't had any read errors yet, but I'm keeping my fin
As always, it depends on what you want to pay. If you have the money to burn, just about anything besdies physical platter destruction/degaussing can be recovered. I read an article not that long ago
Author: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert AT linux-m68k DOT org>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 09:41:39 +0200 (CEST)
But this simple methods won't work, as the disk used to be part of a RAID0 setup, and thus contains only half of the data. Then it depends on the stripe size: the larger it is, the more likely you ca
Well, no reason you couldn't apply this principle to the RAID0 data. Suppose your disks are /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1, sdb has failed: (wait a long time) (if you're using a file # losetup /dev/loop/0 s
Author: Laurence Darby <ldarby AT tuffmail DOT com>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 15:14:40 +0100
This is besides the point, but that wont work, and I'm not sure if you completely understand the situation. I *DON'T* want data to be recovered from the drive, and because I'm returning it under warr
Aha! I did misunderstand. You shouldn't worry about this - the manufacturers are bound by process requirements that prevent them from recovering data on RMAed drives. My employer is going through the
I wonder about returning it under warranty. If the data has sufficient sensitivity, it might be easiest to eat the cost of a new replacement drive. The net-cost would be reduced by the time spent try
Author: Laurence Darby <ldarby AT tuffmail DOT com>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 21:26:03 +0100
I'm trying to get the warranty replacement purely out of the principle of it :) I've reviewed the stuff I've restored, and there's nothing critical, and I always made a point of removing my credit ca
Author: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:10:07 -0400
Well, now, theres always that handy-dandy 4 lb blacksmiths maul. Doesn't everyone have one of those? ISTR I have 2, one for each hand if I really need to work something over. Unforch, my ambi-dexteri
Author: Laurence Darby <ldarby AT tuffmail DOT com>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 20:11:41 +0100
That's nice to know. I'm slowly realizing I'm not the first to have this problem... I had a look at thier (Maxtor's) website but found conflicting answers: "Failed drive teardown and rebuild involves