From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB drive dead? (Commands to check?)
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:01:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0909191701o26dad04el7cef899ef705f577@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200909200148.16167.volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
<volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
>>
>
> seriously, I think you should try to get off everything you want to keep - and
> then replace the disk with a new one. If a disk starts throwing block errors
> it will only become worse. Don't worry about 'repairing' the file system as
> long as there is hardware damage. Try to get off the disk as much as possible -
> and then scrap it.
>
>
I suspect you're right. It's just another $100 to go buy a new one....
Anyway, I'll see what I can set up to save the files that are still there.
Cheers,
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-20 0:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-19 22:21 [gentoo-user] USB drive dead? (Commands to check?) Mark Knecht
2009-09-19 22:38 ` [gentoo-user] " Mark Knecht
2009-09-19 22:59 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-09-19 23:05 ` Mark Knecht
2009-09-19 23:12 ` walt
2009-09-19 23:32 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-09-19 23:40 ` Mark Knecht
2009-09-19 23:48 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-09-20 0:01 ` Mark Knecht [this message]
2009-09-20 10:24 ` Stroller
2009-09-20 18:41 ` Mark Knecht
2009-09-21 8:21 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-09-21 21:38 ` Mark Knecht
2009-09-21 19:07 ` [gentoo-user] " Paul Hartman
2009-09-21 21:39 ` Mark Knecht
2009-09-22 20:20 ` Mark Knecht
2009-09-24 19:02 ` Mick
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