Hi Neil, At a former employer a couple of years ago, I bought 8 drives with I think that same problem in firmware. The solution was to install the firmware upgrade. I don't know if that let's you recover the drive, or if it only allows you to prevent the problem. Rob --- On Sun, 1/30/11, neil <neil [ at ] magma [ dot ] ca> wrote: From: neil <neil [ at ] magma [ dot ] ca> Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] Problem To: linux [ at ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca Received: Sunday, January 30, 2011, 12:09 PM Hi, I've got a problem looking for a possible Linux solution. I have had an internal Seagate 500 G hard drive (SATA) in my Windows XP computer (less than 2 years), where my data is stored. The OS has stopped recognizing it, but it still spins. I found out that the hard drive firmware (SD15)was faulty on these hard drives and eventually they stop functioning properly. My cousin suggested that I might be able to use Linux to read the data where Windows cannot. He has Linux, but is not familiar on how to try to retrieve the data. Is there some simple instructions or someone who can assist in this recovery? I was hoping to find out ASAP if this can be done, as I will have to look to alternative solutions if it is not possible. Thank you for any help you can offer. Neil (Blacher) 613-228-2277 _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux