[ale] (SCSI) HDD recovery

[Jim Kinney]

Well, one down out of three sounds like tie for an upgrade anyway. Backup
the data on the other two and give it a shot.

I have 5 9G scsi drives in a box if you are dying to keep scsi drives
running.

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Ken Cochran <kwc at theworld.com> wrote:

> Thought about that...  Still thinking about that...  (Yup,
> heard Mike W.'s HDD recovery talk a coupla times. :)
> I have 2 other HDDs of that make/model but am too afraid to risk
> screwing them up.  I also don't have the necessary (tiny) tools.
> If they were more modern/common/easily available drives I'd
> be lots less averse to trying that little trick.  :)
>
> {sigh} -kc
>
> > Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 17:32:57 -0400
> > From: Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> > To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> > Subject: Re: [ale] (SCSI) HDD recovery
> >
> > Before you go the drive recovery route, try swapping the drives board
> with
> > another from an identical drive. Quite often that will allow access to
> > recover data before tossing out the entire drive.
> >
> > On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Ken Cochran <kwc at theworld.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Any recommendation(s) for a good hdd recovery company?
> > >
> > > Looks like a power blink took out one of my HDDs, an IBM DPSS
> > > 309170 SCSI 9gb - I think it might be spinning up but no initial
> > > "startup seek" and it doesn't come ready when the SCSI HBA
> > > (Adaptec 29160 I think) probes it on POST.  OS is FreeBSD and
> > > filesystems are UFS (I don't remember whether UFS1 or USF2).
> > >
> > > Long ago (1993-ish?) I used OnTrack (in Minnesota I think) &
> > > they did an outstanding job.  Should I use them or is there
> > > someone closer/better, e.g. in the Atlanta area?
> > >
> > > Thanks, -kc
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James P. Kinney III
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