[svlug] disk repair

[Sarah Newman]

You really don't want to use failing disks.  A 500GB Seagate hard drive 
is $40 at frys.

Ehud Kaldor wrote:
> Hi all,
> i have a few hard disk malfunctioning. these are older disks and retrieving
> the data is less crucial (though would be nice), but when i connect them to
> my Linux, it says they report the wrong size. fsck, fdisk - all fail doing
> anything (that i know how to do) with them. even SpinRite says it cannot do
> anything with them...
>
> any idea on how to re-live them? as said, data on them is less important,
> but they are a Seagate 160GB and WD 80GB, and i would like to use them.
>
> thanks,
> Ehud
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