Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 18:11:46 -0500 From: Marius Schamschula <lists@schamschula.com> To: Shamim Shahriar <shamim.shahriar@gmail.com> Cc: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recovering data from a broken HDD Message-ID: <2E6600A4-3FF4-491B-A7FB-C9D4E065F786@schamschula.com> In-Reply-To: <8ac1423e-d996-bcdb-3068-ebe8ba7718c4@gmail.com> References: <b1f1a0bd-bb03-3301-af92-ad17a1292614@gmail.com> <CA%2BtpaK3KbLdebNVLk0wGoBYfoha8XOD2sJ4D65xmzAEh%2BYdkbA@mail.gmail.com> <8ac1423e-d996-bcdb-3068-ebe8ba7718c4@gmail.com>
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Shamim, I’ve used ddrescue for this in the past. There is a FreeBSD port available (also available from MacPorts or Homebrew under macOS). > On Sep 17, 2017, at 5:57 PM, Shamim Shahriar <shamim.shahriar@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 17/09/2017 23:51, Adam Vande More wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Shamim Shahriar <shamim.shahriar@gmail.com <mailto:shamim.shahriar@gmail.com>> 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 > thanks Adam, that looks really interesting. I will try that as soon as I get a large enough drive to put the data on (once the shops open). > > In the meanwhile, if anyone has any other suggestion, please do feel free to chime in. > > Best regards > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>; > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" Marius -- Marius Schamschula
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