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blue68f100 · 03-17-2006, 08:14 AM

If you got one that is bootable, just copy the boot tracks with dd. Don't ever worry about formating. With the drive failing, it will self destruct more every time you start it up.

When I get any computer with a failing drive. I make a ghost set of the drive. This way I can extract all data that is readable without degrading the drive any more. Time is of the essence. Particulary if its the meda failing. Every time you start it up you dammage it more. All that has to happen is to have the heads hangs on the bad section and damage the heads, then your sol. But since ghost has problem with the snap format, use dd to copy the first 25 meg, the boot section with OS.

03-17-2006, 08:14 AM	#1097
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: Hack a Snap Sever 1000? If you got one that is bootable, just copy the boot tracks with dd. Don't ever worry about formating. With the drive failing, it will self destruct more every time you start it up. When I get any computer with a failing drive. I make a ghost set of the drive. This way I can extract all data that is readable without degrading the drive any more. Time is of the essence. Particulary if its the meda failing. Every time you start it up you dammage it more. All that has to happen is to have the heads hangs on the bad section and damage the heads, then your sol. But since ghost has problem with the snap format, use dd to copy the first 25 meg, the boot section with OS. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820 Last edited by blue68f100; 03-17-2006 at 08:24 AM.