[olug] hdd problems

[Jason Troy]

Call it a paper weight and a day.

Continuing to run a known failing drive tends to cause OS instability and
user frustration/instability. Even drive seeks will take longer due to
having to do excessive error correction.

--JT
On Jun 2, 2012 2:16 AM, "Kevin" <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:

> I definitely agree; to put any non-trivial data on it, you'd want it
> definitely constantly backed up. Something like a 3-drive RAID1 array might
> work(assuming you had 2 other similar drives) for something non-mission
> critical. For mission-critical stuff, I wouldn't trust it at all.
> On Jun 1, 2012 11:51 PM, "Eric Lusk" <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Any repair would likely be temporary; hardly worth it, certainly not
> > something I'd store anything remotely important on.
> >
> >
> > I ran the Harry Potter books through a spell checker; none of those
> spells
> > should work.
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >  From: ned mcnally <ned.mcnally at gmail.com>
> > To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> > Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 11:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: [olug] hdd problems
> >
> > there is no important data, I was just thinking that if I was able to
> > repair it for $30, that would be a great deal for a 2tb hdd
> >
> > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Craig Wolf <wolfout101 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I have done the "freezer" thing about 5 times and was able to get data
> > > off 2 of the drives.  You are right in that it is a last resort
> > > because once that drive warms up...it is TOAST!  No amount of icing
> > > after that will do anything...
> > >
> > > Craig Wolf
> > > Wolf Computing Services
> > > Omaha, NE 68136
> > > (402)990-3010
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > Some will respond to being iced down like that, and you may even try
> > > sticking it in a freezer for a day to see if it runs for a bit while
> it's
> > > cold.
> > > > One downside is that I've been hearing about fluid suspensions in
> some
> > > drives that can freeze and be damaged, but freezing the drive is
> usually
> > > only done if it's pretty much gone already.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I ran the Harry Potter books through a spell checker; none of those
> > > spells should work.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > >  From: Lou Duchez <lou at paprikash.com>
> > > > To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 7:51 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [olug] hdd problems
> > > >
> > > > Dude I know has a trick for getting hard drives to work long enough
> to
> > > salvage data:
> > > >
> > > > 1)    Open the computer case and pull the hard drive out so it's
> still
> > > connected but is sitting on your desk.
> > > >
> > > > 2)    Put a sandwich bag around the hard drive.
> > > >
> > > > 3)    Put a bag of ice on top of the sandwich bag.
> > > >
> > > > This obviously isn't guaranteed to work with every hard drive, but it
> > > does work a lot of the time.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> A friend gave me a desktop hdd and he said he thought there was a
> head
> > > >> crash, but I thought that if that was the problem, powering the
> drive
> > > would
> > > >> make sounds.
> > > >> I put it in a desktop and booted to an ubuntu live cd, but the drive
> > > >> wasn't accessible, didn't make any noise, and didn't vibrate.
> > > >> What else could be the problem? the on board circuitry is dead?
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