Re: Help with failing drive.

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 05:30:53AM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> All,
> 
> When I use dd_rescue, the first 95 sectors fail, possibly due to xfs_fsr 
> re-mapping parts of the drive during the defrag.  Is there anyway I can 
> fix the boot block/XFS (first 95 sectors) so I can see the rest of the 
> drive?

If there is, its at some level below XFS.

> So far dd_rescue has been running just fine after it passes the first 95 
> sectors.
> 
> Any ideas on how I should proceed to get the rest of the (233GB) of data 
> back, as only the first 95 sectors cannot be read?

Run xfs_repair on the result of the dd_rescue and it will attempt
to stitch it back together again for you.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan