I don't think my USB cable is that long! Mark On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 7:02 AM, Shawn Badger wrote: > Put the drive in a freezer > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Mark Phillips < > mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> 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 >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >