Got Grub Error 17... 80 Gig Seagate HDD for a Laptop. /, /swap, /home ... System will not boot. Will not boot with Live CD either...
1. Ran BIOS Diagnostic to test HDD... got error reading drive...
2. Put HDD in Enclosure and plugged in to another Ubuntu system... Does not show up...
I believe the HDD has failed, but need to recover info...
QUESTIONS:
1. Is it possible to have the drive imaged, so that when I get the new drive, I can just plug it into my laptop as if nothing ever happened?
2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery states that it is advisable to image the device and then work on the image to recover data. Is it safe to do this on a damaged device? Am I making things worse by attempting to image?
I'm not sure that even an attempt at imaging would work, due to the fact that I can not get the HDD to "show up" on any system...
Thanks all...
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