Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Bug-ddrescue Digest, Vol 89, Issue 8

[William]

Possibly damaged heads or degraded magnetic media (platter).

William.

Em 18-06-2013 13:00, address@hidden escreveu:
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>     1. 10KB/sec data recovery rates - possible cause? (Paul L Daniels)
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> From: Paul L Daniels<address@hidden>
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> Subject: [Bug-ddrescue] 10KB/sec data recovery rates - possible cause?
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> This isn't really a bug in ddrescue at all, but rather I'm curious to
> hear if anyone else has encountered this;
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>         I have a client 1TB WD 2.5" drive from a portable enclosure
>         which failed on their system.  On start up there's no clanking
>         or banging ( good sign! ) but it's *incredibly* slow to read,
>         we're talking a peak of ~15KB/sec and an average of 10KB/sec.
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>         Anyone encountered this before, know what sort of failure it
>         pertains to in the drive?
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>         It's going to be a looooooong recovery process.
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> Thanks,
> Paul.