[kwlug-disc] Hard disk smartctl errors

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

Reviving an old thread ...

So, now I have another disk that is giving errors. It is an 2.5"
internal disk from a laptop of a family member.

It has 3 NTFS partitions, one with the HP stuff on it, another which
is also a sort of system partition, and then a third which is the main
Windows partition.

Even after freezing it, the 2 former partitions mount OK with no
errors. The 3rd (with the data on it) does not mount under ntfs-3g on
Linux and gives a lot of media errors.

Why would one partition have the errors? Are partitions aligned with
cylinders? Or because it is the largest (400+GB out of a 500GB disk)
it has more chance of having errors due to size?

Any other ideas?

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Nickle, Brian <brian at nickle.ca> wrote:
> I've used the freezer trick numerous times with great success.  I usually
> run the drive while still frozen as I find they sometimes fail more
> frequently as they heat up.
>
> One thing to note if you plan to send the drive off to 3rd party data
> recovery it is best not to freeze the drive as the condensation and
> resulting ice can destroy data.
>
> Brian
>
> On 29 Apr 2014 23:46, "Khalid Baheyeldin" <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> To the hardware gurus out there ...
>>>
>>> I have a disk that was misbehaving for a while, and after a lot of
>>> trying, I managed to get the (relatively unimportant) data off of it.
>>
>>
>> One more important point: The disk refused to work when I was attempting
>> to recover the data. I put the disk in the a plastic bag in the freeze for
>> over a day, then let it "thaw", and was able to get the data that way.
>>
>> So this trick does work ...
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