From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 20 18:43:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB45316A4CE for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:43:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dnsmail2.ior.navy.mil (noca.ior.navy.mil [205.56.210.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C21643D2D for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:43:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from JohnsoBS@vicksburg.navy.mil) Received: from cg69ubd01.vicksburg.navy.mil ([205.95.65.21]) i8K3oFe6023207; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 03:50:18 GMT Received: by CG69UBD01 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 06:53:40 +0300 Message-ID: From: JohnsoBS@vicksburg.navy.mil To: jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 06:53:39 +0300 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Need help with dying drive/restoring data X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:43:16 -0000 This may sound peculiar, but take your drive out and put it in the freezer overnight and then quick as all can be put it in and boot up and get off what you can. I've used this technique multiple time to great success. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathon McKitrick [mailto:jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:59 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Need help with dying drive/restoring data Hi all, Help! My laptop drive seems to be dying, and while I did keep backups, the last one was a bit old. When I boot up, the drive makes clanking sounds I've never heard before, and never finishes the load. I'm going to make a rescue disk, but does anyone have a strategy for how I could handle the delicate job of getting my updated data off the drive without making matters worse? So far, I figure I will boot the rescue disk and try to mount the filesystems. jm -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"