From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Sep 17 22:51:03 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB823E0B215 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2017 22:51:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x229.google.com (mail-it0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8280E714AF for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2017 22:51:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x229.google.com with SMTP id 6so6435139itl.1 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2017 15:51:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=DoFAVUqYrDSjfYWXhrl6mYC24PmIMRTw/aIlL4EqEX0=; b=Vw0hh3wxj8YGlwlRWZ8BUmL94UnFbuNv+/IH5uziVgScYnWeMi4AVYBgjyD48548BA FkBqO4EBfk/nOF/h6D8kcJqqjGo0vVsddrg763pGPt1ME2zlQ3qOI/g4KeZH9GbFhPil qH5eCA78jq/xyfLcy8VRHYGRlxkdCpsz6TcejMMaE8J+MuJ0AJF41y9HJ5/tiSo9STnQ VefAhOxjVuXKtTiTp7u2VRtL0E59Cir9NhL+2q01gqyEREbijzvgERzJwGzhmM0dee7v Uq/YqLsDTp4OU0sMWHvATi4CV+0j73Bh+WiKjkY2eBPmR4zM4xsshzRQE9g14CfwkBfH f4Pg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=DoFAVUqYrDSjfYWXhrl6mYC24PmIMRTw/aIlL4EqEX0=; b=CSZBG+9Ay59/BkjDlXxClZhbFPWxbfCBR94mXiKDEFXKmuNQHpg6JzCZNTh6gt/fH0 Xslgh7Tke8vNOCUE4vM51E0D0MJJ6C0GVZjOxpOheZyjLpIuoKEtwWxPoD7l5ivCIUtv 1cc2oskJISprWQbwAt7zgzi4FWAVQ3tNI7JWxqJLykwnJ/Ybfi9Qj0/xRwyR5MDsna1C itxePo/XSyl3KJX3Yi4wLtyU+dugGeZTUB3rUVU6qTp2ya8AX18dhPTCRt//SnZJM+xf w6DeNhH7p5tTKRwyHS0iD9Ojpof1PKoESxcJYpUAbBiHXrTiHNBGWKfA+z/4/cx12aLQ nWgw== X-Gm-Message-State: AHPjjUgjHfSQl2uBsczEfNacRzIz+Pbitp1dTIYeyj48jU19LsWeoOtU a5WDWlYQHPkCw4YLZitan2N0g23TQ9mqRLsbO+s= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QB9dQMtUYhKH3JMkzByXTu3nCSEgGDhVgHCttFaBVDpOEuzPI85+xyhFfuDgUXYfcWrRJjcLCp4IafkPXWmkX8= X-Received: by 10.36.101.213 with SMTP id u204mr9169626itb.151.1505688662916; Sun, 17 Sep 2017 15:51:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.145.141 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Sep 2017 15:51:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Adam Vande More Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 17:51:02 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Recovering data from a broken HDD To: Shamim Shahriar Cc: Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 22:51:03 -0000 On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Shamim Shahriar wrote: > Good evening all, hope everyone is well. > > a little background: > I have a couple of portable HDD. One of them was dropped a few weeks back, > and then the computer stopped recognising it and asked it to be formatted. > Once formatted, it appeared to start working again -- even though all > previous data had been lost, and no, I am not trusting that device to hold > any important data. > > Last week, another HDD slipped through the hands (literally). This one too > is showing the same/similar symptoms as the previous one. I believe that > the data is still there, but somehow the alignment has shifted and hence > the HDD controller is unable to provide the data. I am wondering, can > anyone please suggest a data recovery programme that I can try on the > drive? The HDD being not in the western/relatively-more-techy region cannot > be sent to a data recovery company (and I have been told they cost you a > fortune), but have access to m$ or Mac or Linux or BSD systems. So if > anyone could please suggest something to try on (Yes, I had been on google, > and found a huge amount of tools -- but I would much rather try out > something that someone has already tried and can give some insight on). > recoverdisk(1) -- Adam