Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] data recovery advice needed
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:45:55
Message-Id: 1557a344-ab14-85cf-829d-1b112adbf376@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] data recovery advice needed by Jack
1 On 12/17/2018 12:32 PM, Jack wrote:
2 > The other drive failed over a shorter period of time, even though SMART
3 > testing said all was OK.
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5 IMHO, by the time that S.M.A.R.T. complains, most chances of data
6 retrieval are gone.
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8 I treat S.M.A.R.T. errors as a confirmation that the drive realizes that
9 there is an imminent or past tense catastrophic failure.
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14 Grant. . . .
15 unix || die