Re: Need help with dying drive/restoring data

From: Subhro (subhro.kar_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/20/04

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To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>

    Which media do you intend to backup to? If I were in your place, I
    would just tar the /home and the /etc and put it on a USB drive or on
    a CDR/DVDR if you have a burner. However, Are you sure that the drive
    is fixed firmly into the drive bay and you are seating the laptop on a
    sturdy base?

    Regards
    S.

    On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:58:51 +0100, Jonathon McKitrick
    <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> wrote:
    >
    > Hi all,
    >
    > Help! My laptop drive seems to be dying, and while I did keep backups, the
    > last one was a bit old.
    >
    > When I boot up, the drive makes clanking sounds I've never heard before, and
    > never finishes the load. I'm going to make a rescue disk, but does anyone
    > have a strategy for how I could handle the delicate job of getting my
    > updated data off the drive without making matters worse? So far, I figure I
    > will boot the rescue disk and try to mount the filesystems.
    >
    > jm
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