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Thanks for replying, Martin and Denny.<div><br></div><div>In the end I managed to get to the files with a SATA hard drive that a colleague at work has lent me.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, again. Great help.<br><div><br></div><div>Ron</div><div><br></div><a href="https://yho.com/footer0">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad</a><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Monday, November 21, 2016, 10:21 am, Martin via Nottingham <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="msgSandbox_AJgJDNkAAC5fWDLOEwFIIO509Fs_TEXT" class="msgSandbox" style="padding: 1.5em 0.5em 0.5em 1.2em; word-wrap: break-word;">Ron,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Rather curious...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">As Denny suggests: Might those drives be encrypted?...<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Other possibilities are:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Re: "an old Ubuntu computer"...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Are those two disks using the 'new' GPT partitioning scheme and your old<br clear="none">Ubuntu is too old to recognize that?...<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Next test would be to use a recent Linux distro to look to see what is<br clear="none">on those disks. Can you download a "Live distro" onto a DVD or USB-stick<br clear="none">and run that on your old machine to take a look?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Or... You are welcome to bring the two disks along to our next meeting<br clear="none">and we can take a look. Let us know if we need to bring a USB-SATA adapter?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers,<br clear="none">Martin<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 20/11/16 12:31, <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ron_w_add@yahoo.co.uk" href="javascript:return">ron_w_add@yahoo.co.uk</a> wrote:<br clear="none">> Hello Martin<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Thanks for your reply.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I have tried as you suggested. However, I am unable to see the second<br clear="none">> drive in the dev folder - all I have are sda, and sda1 to sda6. I would<br clear="none">> have expected to see sdb.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I have also:<br clear="none">> 1) tried<br clear="none">> sudo lshw -C disk<br clear="none">> but only see the primary drive.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> 2) tried attaching both the SDD and HDD as the secondary drive, but am<br clear="none">> unable to see them.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> 3) checked the cables and power sockets on motherboard by changing round<br clear="none">> the cables, but still unable to see the extra drive.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> 4) booted up the computer with the above SDD and HDD but have been asked<br clear="none">> for the floppy boot drive (does not now exist).<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> A further thing to point out is that the SDD and HDD have been installed<br clear="none">> with Windows 7. This should not be a problem as the old computer I am<br clear="none">> using to read the SDD and HDD was dual booted with Windows XP.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Do you have any more suggestions?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Thanks<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Ron<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br clear="none">> *From:* Martin via Nottingham <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk" href="javascript:return">nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>><br clear="none">> *To:* Ron Wilton via Nottingham <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk" href="javascript:return">nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>><br clear="none">> *Sent:* Saturday, 19 November 2016, 20:42<br clear="none">> *Subject:* Re: [Nottingham] Viewing a second harddrive<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Ron,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Surprised noone has answered yet... It must be the weekend and a bright<br clear="none">> sunny day!<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:55:01AM +0000, Ron Wilton via Nottingham wrote:<br clear="none">> [...]<br clear="none">>> This document could be one one it two drives: a SanDisk solid state<br clear="none">> drive; or a Western Digital HDD. Both of these drives have a SATA<br clear="none">> interface. Unfortunately, this computer does not now work; I believe<br clear="none">> that the processor is at fault.<br clear="none">>> I had hoped to use an old Ubuntu computer to read these drives. I have<br clear="none">> attached the SSD to the SATA and power cables to act as a second<br clear="none">> harddrive without success. Can anyone advise me on whether what I am<br clear="none">> doing is possible, and if so, what else do I need to do?<br clear="none">>> Thanks.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Ron<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Yep... You can read multiple HDD/SSD disks like that.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Safest is to shut everyting down and ensure the power is off. Then<br clear="none">> attach your second drive with power and SATA, boot up, and then...<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> You need to "mount" the respective partitions from the second drive.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Look for "mount" or "devices" in the menu options for your desktop or<br clear="none">> file manager or 'system menu'. You may see something described as<br clear="none">> "/dev/sdb1" or "/dev/sdc1" or some such series of numbers, or some name<br clear="none">> that describes the partition that you want. (Your host machine should be<br clear="none">> using "/dev/sda1" and a few other "/dev/sda..." for its own disk partitions.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Let us know if you're stuck for finding a walk-through.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> (Also, for your HDD, ensure that it is firmly placed horizontally or<br clear="none">> virtically. Definitely do not try using it whilst 'dangling' on the<br clear="none">> cables! There is a fragile spinning disk inside that chunky metal box!)<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Good luck and let us know how you get along,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Cheers,<br clear="none">> Martin<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">- ╔═══════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════════╗<br clear="none">- ║ Martin Lomas ║ OpenPGP (GPG/PGP) Public Key: 0xCEE1D3B7 ║<br clear="none">- ║ martin@ ml1 co uk ║ Import from hkp://subkeys.pgp.net or ║<br clear="none">- ║ ----------------- ║ http:// ml1 .co .uk/martin_ml1_co_uk.gpg ║<div class="yQTDBase yqt8423874406" id="yqtfd14418"><br clear="none">- ╚═══════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╝<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Nottingham mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk" href="javascript:return">Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham</a></div></div><blockquote>
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