Hi Zak, Does testdisk test undetected sata drives?
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Zak Elep <zak...@gmail.com> wrote: > testdisk? > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Michael Janapin > <michael.jana...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm running an Ubuntu 10.04 box as an SMB file server. Its SATA drive >> unexpectedly died this afternoon. >> >> Our tech guy said he saw a flurry of "I/O error" message on the >> screen. Because he could not shutdown properly, he just hit the reset >> button. After that, we could no longer access the drive. It's even not >> detected in the BIOS settings anymore. We also tried it with other >> boxes to see if it can get detected, but failed. >> >> Also, it makes a whining sound whenever the BIOS tries to detect it. >> >> Could anyone help us with data recovery? We have very important files in it. >> >> Our drive: SEAGATE Barracuda 250GB 7200 Serial ATA >> >> Help will be greatly appreciated. >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > > > > -- > Zak B. Elep || zakame.net > 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph -- Michael R. Janapin PBTS Baguio City, Philippines http://mulingsilang.wordpress.com http://www.pbts.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
