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

[Saul A. Peebsen]

On Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:31:07 +1200
Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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*.

There have been cases when putting a bad drive into a freezer will
resurrect the drive for one time. Worked for me a few times.

-- 
Cheers, Saul