[dba-Tech] SpinRite or?

[Gustav Brock]

Hi Jim

No I haven't - and at this time a can't plug it in. So I cross fingers, but power here is very stable.

However, the copy process of Yodot has an option for not trying to replace existing files, so worst case after a relaunch would be the extra time to read the directory structure and move through the existing file list. It couldn't take that long.

In the meantime: Passed 6% at 72 GB ...

/gustav

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Fra: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim Lawrence
Sendt: 13. maj 2015 20:22
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Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] SpinRite or?

Hi Gustav:

Do you have a UPS attached to the computer? It might be frustrating if the power went out sometime in September just before the program wrote the boot track.

If this works as planned Yodot will definitely be the go to application for drive recovery.

Jim 

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From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 12:20:23 AM
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Hi Jim

Yes:

<quote>
So I turned to Yodot (the drive repair version at USD 80) which, as the first, tries to pull the data off the drive before attempting a repair. This seems to run - at about 330 MB per hour. 

Speak about patience: my little calculator tells me that the job will go on for 140 days ...
</quote>

It seems to run steady.

/gustav

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Sendt: 13. maj 2015 09:10
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Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] SpinRite or?

Hi Gustav:

Not surprising. Have you estimated how much time is left?

Jim

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From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 11:49:15 PM
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Hi Jim

Actually I had to buy a new 2 TB drive just for this operation.

/gustav

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Sendt: 13. maj 2015 08:28
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Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] SpinRite or?

Hi Gustav:

Well, its lucky you didn't have a large drive. ;-)

Jim

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From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 11:22:37 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] SpinRite or?

Hi all

Now passed the 5% mark with 68 GB copied ...

/gustav