Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Rescued: 0 , what next?

[Paul Daniels]

On 23/08/16 09:38, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:
> It seems this HDD is totally dead. Have you tried to put it in the 
> freezer?

I'd suggest first trying a hair-drier to warm it up as a first route;  
because once you do the cold method on them it's probably going to be 
the last chance, as the condensation that forms on the platters tends to 
make a mess of the heads :\


David, does the machine show the drive and give a /dev/sdX entry? Does 
it reveal anything about the drive?  Can you cut-paste what results it's 
showing out of ddrescue on the screen?

If the drive isn't spinning up then it could be a TVS diode failure on 
the rails (but that usually stops linux from seeing any partition 
information).

Regards,
Paul.