[olug] hard drive

[Dan Linder]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 13:15, Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes, run the diags on it to see if it's failing in some way (sudden filesystem changes are not a good sign).
> If it tests ok, but takes a long time, like 4+ hours, to test, then it's shot.  Even if diags say it's fine, consider it failing.
> Testdisk is a good utility to pull data from a drive, or in some cases to "unformat", even on failing drives.  It's available for *nix, Windows, Mac...

I'd suggest SpinRite - I've personally see it resurrect quite a few
drives long enough to get the important data off.

If your drive is failing internally, this may be your last option.

Dan

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