From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Oct 19 08:58:23 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 B20B1E3420C for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2017 08:58:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank2@fjl.co.uk) Received: from bs1.fjl.org.uk (bs1.fjl.org.uk [84.45.41.196]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "bs1.fjl.org.uk", Issuer "bs1.fjl.org.uk" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 576BF1BB1 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2017 08:58:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank2@fjl.co.uk) Received: from [192.168.1.186] (host81-134-87-65.range81-130.btcentralplus.com [81.134.87.65]) (authenticated bits=0) by bs1.fjl.org.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v9J8wLXs025916 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2017 09:58:21 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from frank2@fjl.co.uk) User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: <59E21214.4020509@gmail.com> References: <59DBA387.4050108@gmail.com> <20171009191435.145c9dd2.freebsd@edvax.de> <72772933-C642-43DB-AFD6-6B5D40EEF39E@fjl.co.uk> <59E21214.4020509@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: How to recover data from dead hard drive. From: "Frank Leonhardt (m)" Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 09:57:53 +0100 To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <7261CCB9-DE3D-46D0-9829-5F8BEC43E8BE@fjl.co.uk> 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: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 08:58:23 -0000 On 14 October 2017 14:33:08 BST, Ernie Luzar wrote: >I never said the hard drive in question was >I friend of mine went through a devoice a few years back. He did not >get > his personal xp pc in the settlement, only the hard drive which makes >a squealing noise when running. He tried to install it into his dell >desktop. But not being a computer geek he know nothing about >master/slave on the ribbon or the jumpers on the H.D. Have no idea what > >damage he may have caused doing this. >The lesson here is try the simple recover stuff first, especially if >it's a Microsoft drive. Great result! Although next time I suggest you copy the drive to an image file first. Plugging drive cables, even IDE, isn't likely to do any damage. The lines are all open collector. It was different with the ST400 interface, which would erase a track 0 if you got it wrong due to stupid definition. Of R/!W but that's ancient history! The worst thing is when someone plugs a drive in and Windoze pops up a message offering to repair it. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.