Re: XFS unable to mount, recover data

[Denis Wegge <denis_wegge@pandora.be>]

It was a Western Digital 320GB SATAII 16MB, WD3200KS-00PFB0 (don't 
remember the name of the model).


Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Just curious what brand/make/model was it that failed?
> 
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Denis Wegge wrote:
> 
>> I tried putting it in the freezer, but that didn't help. Tests on
>> another computer also show that the hard drive cannot be accessed.
>>
>> It seems like the data on the disk is definitely lost. The disk,
>> however, has a 3 year warranty, so I'm going to return it.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Denis
>>
>> Justin Piszcz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Denis Wegge wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> I am having trouble with the XFS filesystem on a 320GB Western Digital
>>>> SATA harddisk. For no obvious reason the partition can no longer be
>>>> mounted. The following error occurs:
>>>>
>>>> knoppix@Knoppix:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
>>>> mount: /dev/sda1: can't read superblock
>>>
>>> Looks like your disk is dying or dead from your logs.  You can try 
>>> putting it
>>> in a plastic airtight bag then put it in the freezer and try again but
>>> otherwise if that does not work, its time for the trash bin (after 
>>> you try)
>>> a dd and overwrite the disk but with that many bad sectors it looks like
>>> it has really gone south.
>>>
>>> Insert new disk, restore from backup.
>>>
>>> Justin.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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