I have a disk which failed on another computer. I took it out and plugged it into this one (running kubuntu 17.10) via a usb port.
Nothing happens when it's plugged in. I checked dmesg, fdisk and testdisk. I didn't try gparted because it functions with the gnome interface. Kubuntu's equivalent, partitionmanager, doesn't see the disk.
I looked in /dev/ but there is no sdc stuff. I see several sda, because I have several partitions.
/dev$ ls sd*
sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5
Nothing changes when I plug this disk in or out. It's as if there was nothing at the end of the wire.
I need a way to tell the computer that it's there. Either with a konsole command line or through some disk recovery software.
I read that : "/dev/sdb1 will be a symlink to /dev/scsi/host5.... You can use the ln command to create a /dev/sdb1"
I have no /dev/scsi but I have several scsi folders. In /proc/scsi I have a file called device_info There I can read (among others) :
'SEAGATE' 'ST157N' 0x1
'SEAGATE' 'ST296' 0x1
'SEAGATE' 'ST1581' 0x1
Could one of these correspond to my failing HD? The problem is that this info stays even if I unplug the HD...
All advice welcome.
You can purchase another hard drive that is the exact make and model (even if it is used) and swap the controller board. You have a extremely high chance of retrieving the data since most HDD failures is the controller board.
If "Nothing changes when I plug this disk in or out" the disk is dead as a Dodo ... unless you are able to persuade the electronics or motor in the disk to work - or pay someone to fix it, probably a hefty sum - your data is gone for good.