[TriLUG] data recovery---Linux low-level format program available??

Wed Mar 20 19:56:46 EST 2002

I appreciate this information. Do you happen to know if there are any other
programs that can do this??
AL
==============
----- Original Message -----
From: Vestal, Roy L. <rvestal at rti.org>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:16 AM
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] data recovery---Linux low-level format program
available??


> Low Level format IDE. Not really necessary, since the onboard bios does
> that, but a utility you can use under MS or Linux is BCWipe.
www.jetico.com
> is where to get it. It meets Finland and USA DOD wipe certifications.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: al johson [mailto:alfjon at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:26 AM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] data recovery---Linux low-level format program
> available??
>
>
> And if the drive is apparently not working anyway, you should definitely
put
> it in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer!! I've brought lots of
drives
> back to life with this simple trick. You must thoroughly defrost it before
> attempting to use it in your computer.
> You just leave it at room temp. for 5-6 hrs. Don't laugh, it does work in
> many cases. If the drive does work, you should back it up as soon as
> possible thereafter. And discard it after you've gotten your data back.
>
>     Speaking of fixing hard drives, decades ago we used to "low-level
format
> hard drives" to fix them.
> This process would mark all the bad sectors on the drive and you could
then
> use the drive as if it were new! Unfortunately, the software which did
this
> trick sort of disappeared (I'm assuming the drive manufacturers wanted it
to
> die so they could sell more hard drives).
>
> I only mention this because I read somewhere that there was a LINUX
program
> which could low level format a hard drive. Anyone know if this is true and
> what the name of that program might be???  Al Johnson
> KQ4FP at arrl.net
>
> =============
> ========================
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: lfwelty <lfwelty at redback.com>
> To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] data recovery
>
>
> > Have you eliminated all hw issues, pwr, cabling?
> > Have you tried booting the drive in another computer?
> >
> > Is this a scsi or ide drive?
> >
> > If ide, have you changed its master/slave settings
> > since the original failure? You may have better luck
> > booting off another drive and mounting the damaged
> > drive as a slave on the ide...
> >
> > If you want to try to handle the recovery yourself,
> > try taking a look at the LDP:
> >
>
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/index
> .html
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > F.
> >
> > JoJo Almario wrote:
> > >
> > > The hard drive isn't even recognized in the bios.  I hada backup
script
> > > running that would tar the files to a tape drive but somehow it only
was
> > > able to get 2 gigs of the 5gigs.
> > > I tried the hdd in a different computer but it still wouldn't
recognize
> in
> > > the bios.  It had the whole home partition on it, with the boot, root,
> /usr
> > > and /etc on the first drive.  No RAID so I can't rebuild.  I suck!
Any
> > > suggestions?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: trilug-admin at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org]On
Behalf
> > > Of Sinner from the Prairy
> > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:46 PM
> > > To: trilug at trilug.org
> > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] data recovery
> > >
> > > On Dilluns 18 Març 2002 10:32 am, JoJo Almario wrote:
> > > > Does anybody know of a data recovery service anywhere in the
triangle.
> My
> > > > drive went down  and the back up was corrupted.  There is mission
> critical
> > > > datat on there, so proximity is essential
> > >
> > > What is the problem?
> > >
> > > I recently recovered data from a HDD that had lost the partition
table.
> I
> > > used
> > > TestDisk from http://www.cgsecurity.org , an open source solution.
> > >
> > > Good luck!
> > >
> > > Salut,
> > > Sinner
> > > --
> > > "I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your
> father
> > > smelt of elderberries!"
> > > RedHat QA Test Engineer  --  Running RedHat 7.2 on i386smp
> > > http://www.ibiblio.org/sinner/
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > TriLUG mailing list
> > >     http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ:
> > >     http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > TriLUG mailing list
> > >     http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ:
> > >     http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Frank Welty                |  15401 Weston Parkway, Suite 150
> > lfwelty at redback.com        |  Cary, NC 27513
> > Redback Networks           |  desk:919.678.2175 m: 919.264.7495
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > _______________________________________________
> > TriLUG mailing list
> >     http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> > TriLUG Organizational FAQ:
> >     http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
>
> _______________________________________________
> TriLUG mailing list
>     http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ:
>     http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
> _______________________________________________
> TriLUG mailing list
>     http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ:
>     http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html