A shot in the dark

[Michael Cohen]

On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 03:46:04PM -0400, Peter Lauda wrote:
> Any one have any idea how I can get the data off of this drive? I even tried dd'ing the entire device t another disk. It goes along fine until it hits that bad block and then spins in circles with an input/output error. 

Peter,
   Try to use dd_rescue to read an image of the drive despite the bad blocks.
   Then use losetup to create a loopback device. Then you can try reiserfsck on
   the loop device.

   dd_rescue will hopefully get as much as possible off the disk into a big
   image. If reiserfsck does not do the magic for you, you might need to focus
   on the critical documents on the drive - look at a utility call foremost,
   but the cost/benefit is going against you there.

> I fear this is a case of... close the barn door because the horses are out... but I promised them I would try.

  When there is a will there is a way - it might just take you much effort.

Michael.