> hdb: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdb: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> hdb: 8404830 sectors (4303 MB) w/128KiB Cache, CHS=555/240/63
> hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 8403864
Indicates a failing disk, but you knew that already :-)
> Also I do not have the dd_rescue utility installed
dd will work too. dd_rescue has a couple options that work better for
this type of thing, but in a pinch dd should give you the same result.
> dos bootdisk showed C: (I think it does) would A:\fdisk /mbr or sys C: do
> any harm to this disk?
Anything that writes to the disk will damage what data is intact. If a
disk has failed, use only utilities that read data. Writing will most
certainly cause damage. Fdisk, format, or any such utilities are to be
avoided at all cost.
-Brian
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