[wplug] [wplug-announce] Linux Hard Drive

Gary Ritchie chocolategary at gmail.com
Tue Aug 16 08:24:20 EDT 2011


I like that philosophy -- and hard drives are cheap!

Reminds me that I need to set up something like this for the home server.

Gary Ritchie, Designer + Digital Artist
Pittsburgh, USA
http://garyritchie.com
+1 412 980 4279
+1 412 256 8839



On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Nicholas A. Schembri
<nschembr at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm just going to see if I can read the disk and get the data first.  I
> don't think he want to pay for the recovery.
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> As for dd, I have had better luck with dd-rescue. It has a more features
> then dd.  I like reading the disk backwards to avoid a failed cache.
>
> The first rule of the day; backup your data!
>
> I like the 321 backup philosophy:
>  3 copies of your data
>  2 different types of media
>  1 existing off-site.
>
> I also check the data from time to time. It's just good house keeping.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Gary Ritchie <chocolategary at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Testdisk might be useful in that regard:
>> http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
>>
>> Also I recall reading that the first task that should be performed is a dd
>> of the disk, to another location, as successive repair attempts can degrade
>> the data on a failing disk.
>>
>> Gary Ritchie, Designer + Digital Artist
>> Pittsburgh, USA
>> http://garyritchie.com
>> +1 412 980 4279
>> +1 412 256 8839
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Nicholas A. Schembri <nschembr at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I'm going to go look at the drive tomorrow. If the file system is intact
>>> I should be able to pull his data off of the disk.  He my want to take it to
>>> the pro's. :)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Terence J. Golightly <
>>> terencejgolightly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> List,
>>>>
>>>> This gentleman just sent us at info this message:
>>>>
>>>> On 08/15/2011 06:12 PM, Nick Wohlfarth wrote:
>>>> > Hello:
>>>> > I have a failed Seagate BlackArmor External hard drive which I think
>>>> was
>>>> > formatted in Linux.
>>>> > Here is a link to the article:
>>>> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1628556
>>>> > The Linux EXT3 files system, which cannot be read w Windows System.
>>>> >
>>>> > I need to find a LGrinux system to install as a second hard drive to
>>>> pull
>>>> > the data.
>>>> >
>>>> > Can u suggest anyone in the area that is running on Linux?
>>>> >
>>>> > This is an urgent situation.
>>>> > Please contact via email or phone my cell, 412-229-7007.
>>>> >
>>>> > Can provide some Linux T-Shirts or Cash for the efforts!
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> > Nick Wohlfarth, owner
>>>> > TurtleCreek Sportswear
>>>> > 1370 Frey Road ~ Pittsburgh, PA  15235
>>>> > 412-373-6811 ~ 412-373-6813 fax
>>>> > ShirtsNat.com fer Pittsburghese stuff n'at!
>>>> >
>>>> Is there anyone out there care to respond to this person?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Terry
>>>>
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