Re: hard drive problem

2006-08-01 Thread Travers Buda
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 11:16:38 +1000 Shane J Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006.08.01, at 11:23 AM, Travers Buda wrote: > > > > Wipe it with dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd0c count=10 > > You suggest only wiping the first 5k bytes of a drive? > Yes, I realize thats the wrong command now...

Re: hard drive problem

2006-08-01 Thread Shane J Pearson
Travers, On 2006.08.01, at 11:23 AM, Travers Buda wrote: On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:10:23 -0400 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If all is lost, you can wipe the disk with BCWipe (www.jetico.com) then test again with Spinrite. This has recovered several disks for me. Wipe it with dd if=/dev/z

Re: hard drive problem

2006-07-31 Thread Nick Holland
RV Tec wrote: Folks, I had two crashes, on two different days, with the same reason: a dying hard drive. Definitively, it is really unpleasant to get caught with my pants down. [there were a few potential comments here, but we'll keep this a family-oriented mailing list! :) (ok, the real t

Re: hard drive problem

2006-07-31 Thread Travers Buda
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:10:23 -0400 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If all is > lost, you can wipe the disk with BCWipe (www.jetico.com) then test > again with Spinrite. This has recovered several disks for me. Wipe it with dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd0c count=10, or just take the drive out an

Re: hard drive problem

2006-07-31 Thread Chris
> There is a way to test hard drives for possible failures or foresee those errors? Try www.Spinrite.com for drive testing and data recovery. If all is lost, you can wipe the disk with BCWipe (www.jetico.com) then test again with Spinrite. This has recovered several disks for me. SMART is close