[NTLUG:Discuss] Data corruption

[Kevin E. Ivey]

terry wrote:

> 
> Sounds like you have a couple of bad hard drives.  You might try one
> of these USB devices and plug into another PC and take a look and see
> what can be done - (I've had one for some time now and consider it
> essential - very handy accessory to have.):

> http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-to-SATA-IDE-Hard-Drive-Cable-Adapter-Converter_W0QQitemZ370324276831QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item56390c065f

After several epic saves with this device I can say it is worth ten 
times what I paid for it!

I have lost data from a bad drive only once in the last five years 
because I can dd from the bad drive to another computer and then fix the 
mess with various tools.  Once the data is on a good drive, it (almost) 
always recovers OK.

So, yeah, get one.

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