From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 06:05:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4AD916A4EB for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 06:05:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from spider.deepcore.dk (cpe.atm2-0-53484.0x50a6c9a6.abnxx9.customer.tele.dk [80.166.201.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2190943D1D for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 06:05:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Received: from DeepCore.dk (csc-gw1.novi.dk [130.225.63.24]) by spider.deepcore.dk (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2BE4tfQ040257; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 15:05:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Message-ID: <40507206.6020602@DeepCore.dk> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 15:04:54 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20040126 Thunderbird/0.4 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "C. Kukulies" References: <200403101736.i2AHaqIF029948@www.kukulies.org> In-Reply-To: <200403101736.i2AHaqIF029948@www.kukulies.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-mail-scanned: by DeepCore Virus & Spam killer v1.4 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 06:07:48 -0800 cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: off topic - disk crash X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:05:35 -0000 C. Kukulies wrote: > Today an important (no backup of course) 46 GB IBM Deskstar > IDE disk crashed. It has a FreeBSD 4.8 on it with important data and programs. > Yes, shame on me that I didn't care about doing backups on it but it > has happened. > > I evend tend to expend the bucks to get it recovered but a little > prediagnosis I would not to be left untried. > > The disk boots into FreeBSD but already at power on time the disk does > seek retries or some recalibration noise. > > The question is what else can I do to recover the data. > Put it in the icebox? Turn the computer upside down? > > Any ideas would be welcome. > > I thought of getting a second identical disk to exchange electronics > only but since it partially functions it looks more like surface corruption, > doesn't it? Its most likely the dreaded "deathstar syndrome" and yes that means the magnetic surface of the platters is worn thin or in some of the worse cases completely worn off.. To put it short, there isn't much hope for your data :( -Søren