justinwebb Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 So one of my drives is not booting and I think it might have some sector errors or read errors as it wont boot into windows nor show up in windows when put as a slave drive. It shows up in the BIOS and SMART says its ok and shows the correct size but wont do much else as the read light will constantly stay on when going into windows with the drive. So I am trying to get a ubuntu installation going to see if i can run ddrescue and grab as much data as I can. Now I am new to the whole thing so anyone have any experience that might help me along? or suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 no need to do a full install you can run most recovery utilities from a live cd data recovery is a hit or miss operation most of the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGU Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 What he said just run it from a a cd. Does the HD spin up at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBQdDude Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Plug it into another machine. Might be a controller issue even though BIOS shows it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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