drive... recovery process/services

[gene heskett]

On 6/19/25 20:05, bruce wrote:
> the 2.5" drive in the original centos was plug-in,  no cables.  using the
> drive with insignia device, fresh usb interface cable provided by insignia.
>
> I know it works as a different test dive works correctly.

Rules my idea out then, so it does sound as if the drive has failed. I had

a pair of 2T 3.5" seagates do that at only 10 days from 1st powerup 3 yrs

ago.  Simply disappeared from the ends of 2 new cables.  Almost all drives

at this site, are now 4T SSD's.  Around 9 of them, but 12 are powered up,

they last longer when they aren't being power cycled. With continuous

pwr, they can auto-correct their alpha hit errors for long periods of time.

Sitting powered down, the errors accumulate until the drive dies.

I can't recommend a data recovery, the last time I used one was around

27 years ago when a drive containing lots of  tv station ID gfx we didn't

have backed up needed to be recovered, done successfully, they

repaired the drives PCB, I think.

>
>
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> On Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 8:01 PM gene heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:
>
>> On 6/19/25 16:02, bruce wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Got an old drive. In an old system, and when doing an off/on cycle,
>>> got a "no bootable system" err.  Thats bad. Tried again, same thing.
>>> Turned it off.
>>>
>>> Got an Insignia dock device -- tested with another 2.5 drive, the test
>>> box/Insignia showed files.
>> Different data cable to drive when connected to the Insignia device?
>>
>> Old one reddish magenta? Try a new cable, preferably not that same
>>
>> brilliant red. Something in that dye causes the copper wire to oxidize,
>>
>> turning the metallic copper into rust colored dust, a lousy conductor
>>
>> Takes 3+ years.
>>
>>> So tried the target 2.5" drive.  Nothing. The insignia did show drive
>>> light being on.  But no data/usb to the box.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Any possible data recovery services you can recommend?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>> Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
  - Louis D. Brandeis