[mythtv-users] [OT] Dead hard drive - no partition table.

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 5:00 AM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:

> Nick Rout wrote:
> > I have removed it from the backend and attached it to my laptop with a
> USB/Sata Bridge
>
> Stick it back in the backend (or any computer with a direct SATA
> connection and run "smartctl -a /dev/sdx" - it'll tell you the state of the
> drive. You can't do this through SATA/USB (or SATA/Firewire) bridges as
> they don't seem to support SMART tools.
>


Just did that and the card deosn't even seem to be recognised now. I guess
it is properly dead, instead of just playing dead. *sigh*. Bugger.
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