[Cialug] HD Problems

[Jeff Chapin]

I think either of those topics (or both) will get at least one person from
UNI to show up...

Jeff

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com>wrote:

> Might be more proactive to focus on backup than data recovery, but both
> topics are of interest.
>
> -Nate
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> Behalf Of Todd E Thomas
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 1:41 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] HD Problems
>
> I've run into similar problems in the past and every bit of data I owned
> was swallowed by the void. I wasn't aware of the CIALUG group at the time.
> But, now there's a second member with a similar problem...
>
>
> /*Would it be possible to focus 1 meeting on Data Recovery?*/
>
>
> Patrick might be able to fix his problem, and the rest of us could all
> walk away with another tool in the belt. I've still got my failed drive and
> haven't given up hope on my Napster collection - yet...
>
> TT
>
>
>
>
>
> On 02/08/2012 01:38 PM, Patrick Mcgillan wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My home drive on my Debian box is not talking. I removed it and
> > plugged it into another box with a USB adapter.
> >
> > Using dmesg output, I get this;
> > [16966.835099] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 14 [16982.012064] usb
> > 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 15
> > [16982.145570] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=05e3,
> > idProduct=0702 [16982.145574] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0,
> > Product=1, SerialNumber=0 [16982.145577] usb 2-1: Product: USB TO IDE
> > [16982.145688] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> > [16982.146088] scsi17 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
> > [16982.146265] usb-storage: device found at 15 [16982.146267]
> > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
> > [16987.144418] usb-storage: device scan complete
> > [16987.149364] scsi 17:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ST380020 A
> >     0811 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
> > [16987.150086] sd 17:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> > [16987.151068] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] 156301488 512-byte logical blocks:
> > (80.0 GB/74.5 GiB)
> > [16987.152312] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> > [16987.152316] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
> > [16987.154566] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
> > [16987.154570] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
> > [16987.154575]  sdb: sdb1 [16987.163813] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP
> > failed, assume Write Enabled [16987.163817] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb]
> > Assuming drive cache: write through [16987.163821] sd 17:0:0:0: [sdb]
> > Attached SCSI disk
> >
> > The only thing it does is respond to fdisk and shows the partition table.
> >
> > root at Sony:~# fdisk /dev/sdb
> >
> > WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
> >           switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
> >           sectors (command 'u').
> >
> > Command (m for help): p
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065
> > * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512
> > bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk
> > identifier: 0x19138f7f
> >
> >     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sdb1               1        9729    78148161 83  Linux
> >
> > Command (m for help):
> >
> > fdisk and mount just go to sleep and then come back with an error
> >
> > root at Sony:~# e2fsck -y /dev/sdb1
> > e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
> > e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read
> > while trying to open /dev/sdb1 Could this be a zero-length partition?
> > root at Sony:~#
> >
> > Any suggestions? Could use some of the data on the HD. Forgot to check
> > backups and they stopped running last Dec due to other issues.
> >
> > Patrick
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Jeff Chapin
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