Windows 10: I lost 2 Hard Disks after updated from Build 9860 to 9879

You have come a long long way. Use "sudo su" instead and Let us know


Daniel

 

Isn't it su sudo :/
Glad it worked Grego I'll see this weekend how it does for me it's nice to have better instructions *Smile
Cheers Peter cudo's

 

My bad. *Redface

I meant run a Live CD/DVD/USB with Ubuntu, Linux Mint or pretty much any other Live Distro.
I always run the BASH Terminal (and GParted) from a Live Distro disc or my LM install.

I don't know anything about standalone GParted discs or LX Terminals.

My friend suggests that you are already running the "root" user in that GParted LX Terminal.
That makes sense as I can't run GParted as a "standard" user in my LM install.

 

Now that makes sense because running as a live cd.. you really don't have a user account yet,
So the first command is just an inquiry and the second command might need sudo because you want to change the setting
But then again you might not need sudo in the second either which is I believe what Greg is saying ?

 

Sadly I haven't had the success that gregrocker had. BIOS can't see my two Samsung HD204UIs, and live linux doesn't either. Both failed to get recoginzed during bootup. HDparm command returns no file or directory for sudo hdparm -s0 dev/sda. Listed all dev via ls and no "sdX" at all.

Does anyone have any idea at all what else I could try?

I saved another drive, a WD, but these Samsung HDDs are dead. I've gone as far a ordering a replacement PCB from the states (I'm from europe) because I thought a power surge had knocked them out. Cost me almost as much as a NEW 2TB HDD. Then I found out about the PUIS issue on a different forum. Was easy waking up the WD. These two other drives though seem to have a corrupted firmware. I'll try ordering a new PCB for them as well, and leave the bios chip on it. See if that fresh firmware wakes it up.

 

Hi there

SU should be sufficient as that runs EVERY command as root --you don't need SU AND SUDO. !!! You could also login as root although I'd only recommend that as a last resort -- As root you have NO protection if you issue a command that destroys your system. Windows is safer in that regard !!!!

I am surprised though in OS'es themselves destroying HDD's. I've had the odd HDD fail (HDD failure is a much rarer event than you might think) but that's been because the HDD has been mis-treated (physically) or simply a defective piece of hardware - must have been made on the Fri night shift !!.

Still we always learn something on these Forums. !!!

Cheers
jimbo