"dd" transfer of data failed in part. Can it be salvaged?

[Shabakthanai]

No. I removed it when I thought it died. I tried the replacement HDD. No joy.

Not assembled, but I believe it will work with a liveUSB or liveDVD. I have a liveUSB 3.0 with Kubuntu on it.

No, the printer doesn't work perhaps due to the failing HDD, I do not know. My desktop has 2 monitors, but only one has a proper cable for the laptop, if needed.

While awaiting further instructions, I will re-install the damaged HDD and see if booting to liveUSB will work.

[vinnywright]

While awaiting further instructions, I will re-install the damaged HDD and see if booting to liveUSB will work.

good ,,,,do this and nothing more.
their will be no more instructions untill you see if this works ..........this will be 1 step at a time and this is the first step.

VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

I have the old HDD installed and am currently connected on a liveUSB.

good ,,,,do this and nothing more.
their will be no more instructions untill you see if this works ..........this will be 1 step at a time and this is the first step.

VINNY

[vinnywright]

great ,,,,,,,,,,you have net and are posting from the box in queshton?

VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

Yes I am thank you.

great ,,,,,,,,,,you have net and are posting from the box in queshton?

VINNY

[vinnywright]

yes ,,,,,,no,,,,,,,,,you are posting from the box in question ,,,,,I see you hear.

VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

Yes

yes ,,,,,,no,,,,,,,,,you are posting from the box in question ,,,,,i see you hear.

Vinny

[vinnywright]

oops you snuk that in on me

OK open a terminal ,,,,,,,,,post the output of

df -h

just want to be shure the HD is NOT mounted

do you have a enclosure you can put the new drive in and connect it to the box as well ??

VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

I am not sure I understand. I put the defective hard drive back in the laptop. I used my liveUSB and entered using "Try Kubuntu", connected an ethernet cable so I have Internet to reply to you. And yes, I have the replacement ready to plug into the Laptop, but it contains information that is contained in the liveUSB. About 4GB of data. I connected the replacement drive using a USB cable and am ready to go.

oops you snuk that in on me

OK open a terminal ,,,,,,,,,post the output of

df -h

just want to be shure the HD is NOT mounted

do you have a enclosure you can put the new drive in and connect it to the box as well ??

VINNY

[vinnywright]

ok open a konsole/terminal and post the output of

sudo parted -l

and then

df -h

VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MK5076GS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 31.7kB 3950MB 3950MB primary fat32 boot, lba


Model: JetFlash Transcend 4GB (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 3951MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 31.7kB 3950MB 3950MB primary fat32 boot, lba


Model: Mass Storage Device (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 31.7kB 3950MB 3950MB primary fat32 boot, lba


kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/cow 976M 420M 505M 46% /
udev 3.9G 4.0K 3.9G 1% /dev
tmpfs 799M 1.3M 798M 1% /run
/dev/sda1 3.7G 2.1G 1.7G 55% /cdrom
/dev/loop0 978M 978M 0 100% /rofs
none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 3.9G 20K 3.9G 1% /tmp
none 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
none 3.9G 148K 3.9G 1% /run/shm
none 100M 20K 100M 1% /run/user
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$

ok open a konsole/terminal and post the output of

sudo parted -l

and then

df -h

VINNY

[vinnywright]

I am sory to say ,,,,,I beleve all your data is gone.

if you look at your parted output you will see the 500GB drive the 1000GB drive and the USB all have the same start end and size and file system ............you dd ed the USB to both drives .

BUT even though all your data is gone ,,,,,,,you can put the new drive in the box use your gparted to repartition it and reinstall whatever you want clean .........sory I wish I would have seen this thread sooner .

dd (disk duplicator) vary early on (years ago) got the nick name "disk destroyer" because it is sutch a low level tool ,,,,,it copys bit for bit ,,,,partition table , file system data everything
over righting whatever is on the target no mater what,,,,, whitch means 1 rong assignment to target and you are F$%ked .
contrarily if done right .....you get an exact copy of the source.


VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

Thanks for stepping in, my friend. It's OK, I am used to disappointment. I will get over this one too. The important stuff to me probably wouldn't interest anyone elso. Records of my artwork and pictures of my family and a few things I didn't want to lose. Anyway I am older than dirt and my remaining time to be disappointed isn't that long. Plus, as important as those things seem to me, I did not look at any of that stuff very often anymore. Also, I get to start over with a new slate of memories. As usual you are just plain terrific. The users of this forum are so fortunate that you are here.

I am sory to say ,,,,,I beleve all your data is gone.

if you look at your parted output you will see the 500GB drive the 1000GB drive and the USB all have the same start end and size and file system ............you dd ed the USB to both drives .

BUT even though all your data is gone ,,,,,,,you can put the new drive in the box use your gparted to repartition it and reinstall whatever you want clean .........sory I wish I would have seen this thread sooner .

dd (disk duplicator) vary early on (years ago) got the nick name "disk destroyer" because it is sutch a low level tool ,,,,,it copys bit for bit ,,,,partition table , file system data everything
over righting whatever is on the target no mater what,,,,, whitch means 1 rong assignment to target and you are F$%ked .
contrarily if done right .....you get an exact copy of the source.


VINNY

[vinnywright]

dont do anything with the old drive ,,,,,,,some one may have some more suggestions as to recovery of SOME data ,,,,,,, IF nothing rote over the 4 GB or so dd seams to have copyed over ,,,,,,, maby/maby not,,,, use your new drive as you wish but put the 500GB drive on the shelf and wate a wile

VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

The problem was not really solved, however due to mistakes all my HDD data was lost. I am re-installing the OS. Thanks for the attempted help. :)