Put the drive in a freezer On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I think you mean ddrescue? I have been running it for a few days and > getting lots of errors. > > GNU ddrescue 1.17 > Press Ctrl-C to interrupt > rescued: 328577 MB, errsize: 85901 MB, current rate: 12047 kB/s > ipos: 414478 MB, errors: 321, average rate: 6771 kB/s > opos: 414478 MB, time since last successful read: 0 s > Copying non-tried blocks... > > Any suggestions on how to cool the usb drive with the errors. I have it > flat on a cold large faux granite desk surface which is very cold to the > touch. But the drive is still very warm. > > Thanks! > > Mark > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 6:48 PM, George Toft > wrote: > >> There is a special version of dd that will retry on bad sectors and try >> to formulate a best guess for the bad sector. I've used it with some >> success - took about 2 weeks to recover a 300GB drive. I also had to keep >> it refrigerated. >> >> Regards, >> >> George Toft >> >> On 12/19/2015 9:32 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: >> >> There is an application called test disk that might be handy for data >> recovery. But this looks like your drive is in bad shape. >> On Dec 19, 2015 9:25 AM, "Mark Phillips" >> wrote: >> >>> I have a 2 TB WD USB drive that I formated with NTFS. I have a rather >>> extensive movie/TV library on it for my plex media server, and I am getting >>> read errors. I hope I haven't lost all of that data! It has been attached >>> to one of my Netgear wireless access points, hence the need for NTFS. >>> >>> fdisk -l gives for the drive >>> /dev/sdc1 2048 3906963455 1953480704 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT >>> >>> I tried running smartctl on the device, (which is now plugged into a usb >>> 3.0 port on my laptop) and got this error after a few tests >>> >>> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 >>> Num Test_Description Status Remaining >>> LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error >>> # 1 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% >>> 10086 494859396 >>> # 2 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% >>> 10073 494859396 >>> # 3 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% >>> 10072 494859396 >>> # 4 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% >>> 10072 494859396 >>> >>> I noticed this in the attributes section of smartctl - >>> Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: >>> ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE >>> UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE >>> 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail >>> Always - 122 >>> 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 202 200 021 Pre-fail >>> Always - 4891 >>> 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age >>> Always - 464 >>> 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail >>> Always - 0 >>> 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 100 253 000 Old_age >>> Always - 0 >>> 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 087 087 000 Old_age >>> Always - 10086 >>> 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age >>> Always - 0 >>> 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age >>> Always - 0 >>> 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age >>> Always - 40 >>> 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age >>> Always - 17 >>> 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 198 198 000 Old_age >>> Always - 6187 >>> 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 121 102 000 Old_age >>> Always - 31 >>> 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age >>> Always - 0 >>> 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age >>> Always - 31 >>> 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age >>> Offline - 0 >>> 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age >>> Always - 0 >>> 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 100 253 000 Old_age >>> Offline - 0 >>> >>> Any thoughts on how I can fix this drive, or do I need to get a new one? >>> What is the best way to copy the contents of the drive with these errors to >>> a new drive? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >