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On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann < |
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volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Samstag 31 Juli 2010, Mick wrote: |
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> > On Saturday 31 July 2010 19:04:47 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> > > On Samstag 31 Juli 2010, Mick wrote: |
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> > > > On Saturday 31 July 2010 16:33:18 Dale wrote: |
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> > > > > Kacper Kopczyński wrote: |
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> > > > > > Dnia 2010-07-31, o godz. 16:15:51 |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > > Volker Armin Hemmann<volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> napisał(a): |
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> > > > > >> On Samstag 31 Juli 2010, Kacper Kopczyński wrote: |
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> > > > > >>> Hi, |
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> > > > > >>> |
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> > > > > >>> My problem is really strange - I can't access my hard drive |
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> from |
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> > > > > >>> linux, but it works from windows without problems. It has some |
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> > > > > >>> bad blocks. |
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> > > > > >> |
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> > > > > >> it has a lot of bad blocks and a fucked up firmware it seems. No |
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> > > > > >> way it is working 'without problems'. |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > > Well total space taken by bad blocks according to chkdsk is less |
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> > > > > > than 1MB, windows is still able to access all data. Linux is only |
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> > > > > > able to see partition table "for a while" - as you can see in |
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> > > > > > dmesg. |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > > If firmware is broken then how it is possible that windows is |
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> able |
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> > > > > > to use this disk? |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > Maybe windoze is ignoring the problem? It's not like windoze has |
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> > > > > never done that before right? |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > Just a thought. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Couldn't it be that the MSWindows partition has no bad blocks, while |
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> > > > Linux does? |
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> > > |
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> > > it is not about partitions. |
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> > |
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> > Please explain, I thought that bad blocks would coincide with some |
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> > partitions. |
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> |
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> because defectice partitions don't give you no sense errors nor do they |
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> give |
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> you zero capacity errors. Read his dmesg. |
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> If the firmware/logic board is bad, you might be able to replace it with |
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one from the same model. I've heard of some success from a coworker who |
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took the logic board from a known good drive and put it on a HDD with good |
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internals but a bad logic board, and it worked. That's if you need the |
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data, that is. |
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- Mark Shields |
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