[Ilugc] Recovering data from a partially dead hard disk
- From: prem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Prem Kurian Philip)
- Date: Fri Sep 10 12:00:28 2010
I have a hard disk almost dead.
It is recognized in bios some times.
When booted with that harddisk with a ubuntu live cd,
sudo fdisk -l
is showing nothing.
If you are unable to detect the harddisk in BIOS or if it is detected only
sporadically, the problem is most likely with the PCB and not your
harddisk media. That is good news because if the media is ok, then you can
save the harddisk contents.
Try the following:
1. Try accessing the harddisk from another computer. The problem could be
with your SATA/IDE cable or the SATA/IDE chipset on your motherboard.
2. If you are unable to detect the hard disk even from another computer,
then you will need to take it to one of the harddisk recovery chaps who
may be able to swap out your PCB on your harddisk for a working PCB and
you may be able to recover the data.
Regards,
Prem
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