drive... recovery process/services

[bruce]

Hi All.

This continues the issue/problem of the drive having the "no bootable
device" error.

If one has a drive in this situation, where when inserted into the
"insignia" drive dock, the drive doesn't appear, how do you even begin
to "see" the device at all. And then how do you go from there.

I'm asking about all of this, as it relates to the operation of ubuntu
for the person that might run into this problem!!

And while it is "easy" to say -- try A, or try B, and then maybe a
data recovery service, have you looked for "data recovery", 'scam" on
google!!

It's better to be prepared to have as much of an understanding as
possible before talking to a "service" that you have no clue about
other than what you may have seen online. And, it's not as though you
can make a copy of the drive that's having issues!

So, I'm trying to get into the depth of -- how does one, (even if the
resource has a lab, etc) -- how do you start to get the drive to show
the data? I've yet to see anything online, other than - "we use
magic", and we've done this for a long time"..

So, if you don't mind, if you have skills in this area, if you're
curious (as you might want to know, just in case), please add your
information, or any service you've used that's worked, or failed.

thanks all!!


On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM gene heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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