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Re: [PLUG] Saving data from a precarious drive
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If the drive is currently detected, accessable, and spinning no do not power it down. Hard drives are a lot like planets they need to keep spinning :-) for things to work.
First backup the data, then you are free to mess with it. I was referring to the drives electronics rather than the mobo integrated controller card. If this is a pci card bus controller than you mite see problems on other drives as well. Now many hours of operation do you think you have on the drive?
Consider doing raid 5 in the future on valuable data as it sure beats recovery.
Brian Vagnoni
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-----Original Message-----
From: Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:10 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Saving data from a precarious drive
On Wednesday 30 April 2008 8:48:23 am Brian Vagnoni wrote:
> It sounds more like an electronics problem, or the drive could be fine and
> you more likely have a bad cable. If it is a drive board issue get them off
> as quickly as possible without powering down the drive.
This is the way it seems to me as well. I didn't really think of "bad cable"
so much as "bad ATA-100 ide expansion card", which I suppose is what you mean
by "drive board". Are you suggesting that I unplug the drive from the card
without powering the computer down?
>
> Have you done any work inside your box recently that mite have disturbed a
> cable?
No.
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