Trying to rescue a hard disk -- weired feedback??
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Sun Jan 20 16:20:43 UTC 2008
Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 14:02 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>> If you don't want to remove the drive, you can try and recover the
>> partition table using a bootable CD. I keep a copy of the System
>> Rescue CD for tasks like this.
>
> Huh, mine knocks like a 52 Ford that tossed a rod, and I can't get the
> system to get past the kernel load during boot, if I attach that drive.
> I'll try the rescue CD, but I doubt it'll get any further. Ric
>
No, in your case, I do not think anything is going to help. It
sounds like the drive can not find track 0, is hunting for it, and
is knocking against the stop. The only fix I know of is to open it
up in a clean room, and repair the problem. (Replace the track 0
sensor if the drive uses one.) You can sometimes get the drive to
work long enough to get the data off by changing the orientation, or
as a last resort, by freezing the drive. (This is a one shot fix,
and may destroy the drive.)
Oh yes - the system should boot eventually, once the kernel gives up
on trying to read the drive. But this takes a while. (Unless you
need info from the drive to boot.)
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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