Re: XFS unable to mount, recover data

[Denis Wegge <denis_wegge@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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.