[SGVLUG] Harddrive Recovery Firms

[Mic Chow]

Before posting to the SGVLUG list, I connected it via USB and got those
fdisk and qparted results.  However, I will try again to connect the
damaged drive to the ATA/IDE connector.  When I tried the Fujisu tools
on Ultimate Boot CD 4.11, it do not find any drive.  I expected this
because the damaged drive is not detected by the motherboard's BIOS even
though it is on the ATA/IDE connector.  Will Spinrite even work if the
motherboard's BIOS does not even see the drive?


Mic
North Hollywood, CA
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Claude Felizardo wrote:
> IIRC, Spinrite will not recognize drives via USB.  I'm guessing you
> only have the one ATA/IDE port in the laptop so you'll have to use
> another computer which means you'll need an ATA/IDE to laptop drive
> adapter (can't remember what it's called).   Did you try running fdisk
> in non interactive mode?
> 
> Oh, according to wikipedia, there's a newer version that can read USB
> drives and it can run via CDROM.  It's been quite a while since I've
> used it so i must have used a really old version.  The article also
> mentions a few alternatives you might want to investigate.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinrite
> 
> claude
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:36 PM, BlankReg <BlankReg at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I would just try spinrite first. If you think the system can see the drive
>>  at all use that first. Then spend the big money.
>>
>>  =====================================
>>
>>
>>  It is not even being detected by the BIOS anymore.  Physically, I can
>>  hear the drive spinning, but I can not hear the read/write head move.
>>
>>
>> Interestingly enough sfdisk does give me something.
>>
>>
>>
>> If I read this right, the electronics on the hard drive seems to be
>>  working right, or at least as far as the kernel can see it does.
>>  However, it can not see the platters, or the data on the platters.
> 
>