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Old 05-14-2008
Looking for a solution to disk failure!
Hi people,
I have been using my disk for quite a long time but the other day I heard the drive making some noise and had to restart the system again. But when I did that the disk would not boot and I fear that the data might be deleted or lost. So, if you people have any know about the ways to get this done right or if you can at least suggest me the ways to handle this ...it will be a great help.
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Old 05-16-2008
I'm sorry, but the only good answer to this is "I hope you have good backups". If your data is worth more money than I have, there are some options, but you would hardly be posting in these forums then.
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Old 05-21-2008
well few things can try. Boot cdrom (only for sun) then try to mount the disk.

If it can mount then use the opportunity to copy everything out. If it cannot mount try replacing the disk PCB board with another similiar disk 50-50 chance it may work.

if it still doesn't work then maybe should review backup strategy
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