restoring data from a hw-defective reiserfs 3.6 disk?

restoring data from a hw-defective reiserfs 3.6 disk?

[Lars O. Grobe]

Hi!

My first mail since a while, and no good news... We had some bad luck 
(I know, not only bad luck, also some stupid moments...)

We have lost a disk here with important data which had not reached the 
back up. The department is willing to let the data be restored even if 
that might get expensive, but the companies they asked so far only told 
them that they can't do anything for reiser-fs disks. Do you know about 
anyone in this field? Afaik the disk is really dead, it even doesn't 
spin up any more (I am not there as I left the dept. for my studies in 
Turkey now, but my friends tried all). So any company specialized in 
resierfs?

Thanks and CU, Lars.

--
Lars O. Grobe
grobe@gmx.net

Re: restoring data from a hw-defective reiserfs 3.6 disk?

[Rudy L. Zijlstra]

Lars O. Grobe wrote:

> Hi!
>
> My first mail since a while, and no good news... We had some bad luck 
> (I know, not only bad luck, also some stupid moments...)
>
> We have lost a disk here with important data which had not reached the 
> back up. The department is willing to let the data be restored even if 
> that might get expensive, but the companies they asked so far only 
> told them that they can't do anything for reiser-fs disks. Do you know 
> about anyone in this field? Afaik the disk is really dead, it even 
> doesn't spin up any more (I am not there as I left the dept. for my 
> studies in Turkey now, but my friends tried all). So any company 
> specialized in resierfs?
>
> Thanks and CU, Lars.
>
> -- 
> Lars O. Grobe
> grobe@gmx.net
>
Hi,

two addresses you may want to try:

http://www.dtidata.com/index.asp
http://www.harddisk-recovery.nl/

good luck!

Rudy

Re: restoring data from a hw-defective reiserfs 3.6 disk?

[Hans Reiser]

Rudy L. Zijlstra wrote:

> Lars O. Grobe wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> My first mail since a while, and no good news... We had some bad luck 
>> (I know, not only bad luck, also some stupid moments...)
>>
>> We have lost a disk here with important data which had not reached 
>> the back up. The department is willing to let the data be restored 
>> even if that might get expensive, but the companies they asked so far 
>> only told them that they can't do anything for reiser-fs disks. Do 
>> you know about anyone in this field? Afaik the disk is really dead, 
>> it even doesn't spin up any more (I am not there as I left the dept. 
>> for my studies in Turkey now, but my friends tried all). So any 
>> company specialized in resierfs?
>>
>> Thanks and CU, Lars.
>>
>> -- 
>> Lars O. Grobe
>> grobe@gmx.net
>>
> Hi,
>
> two addresses you may want to try:
>
> http://www.dtidata.com/index.asp
> http://www.harddisk-recovery.nl/
>
> good luck!
>
> Rudy
>
>
>
did you get in contact with Vitaly, and was he able to help you?

-- 
Hans

Re: restoring data from a hw-defective reiserfs 3.6 disk?

[Redeeman]

there is a way you can do something yourself, but ONLY try if you dont
find some experts.

i have done this before.

you buy an hd equally to the one that died, and then you open them
CAREFULLY, and switch the plates with data, but be extremely careful,
and then it should work if it was the motor or the print itself.

good luck!

On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 22:37, Lars O.Grobe wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> My first mail since a while, and no good news... We had some bad luck 
> (I know, not only bad luck, also some stupid moments...)
> 
> We have lost a disk here with important data which had not reached the 
> back up. The department is willing to let the data be restored even if 
> that might get expensive, but the companies they asked so far only told 
> them that they can't do anything for reiser-fs disks. Do you know about 
> anyone in this field? Afaik the disk is really dead, it even doesn't 
> spin up any more (I am not there as I left the dept. for my studies in 
> Turkey now, but my friends tried all). So any company specialized in 
> resierfs?
> 
> Thanks and CU, Lars.
> 
> --
> Lars O. Grobe
> grobe@gmx.net
-- 
Regards, Redeeman
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Re: restoring data from a hw-defective reiserfs 3.6 disk?

[daniel.poelzleithner]

Redeeman wrote:
> there is a way you can do something yourself, but ONLY try if you dont
> find some experts.
> 
> i have done this before.
> 
> you buy an hd equally to the one that died, and then you open them
> CAREFULLY, and switch the plates with data, but be extremely careful,
> and then it should work if it was the motor or the print itself.
> 

Ouuchh :)

Find an fried with a cleanroom and do it there.

You have to find a harddisk with the same Firmware Version as yours. 
Often the internal strucutre changes and another firmware can't read the 
plates. When the Harddisk is produced in the same month, the chances are 
good.

Check the power supply to the harddisk, many problems can be solved with 
contact spray.

Check the electronics, maybe you have to remove it for the backside, 
maybe you see some defect components or conducting paths. Then you can 
use only the electronic part of another hd with the same firmware.

Another tip is to your hd into a plastik bag and then into a fridge (not 
the ice box). Sometimes the motor stuck and gets free when he shrinks by 
the coolness.

Good luck
  daniel

-- 
nihil me cirumdat

Re: restoring data from a hw-defective reiserfs 3.6 disk?

[Hans Reiser]

daniel.poelzleithner wrote:

>
> Another tip is to your hd into a plastik bag and then into a fridge 
> (not the ice box). Sometimes the motor stuck and gets free when he 
> shrinks by the coolness.

Giving it a sharp twist along the axis of rotation will have a similar 
effect.

>
> Good luck
>  daniel
>


-- 
Hans