[Wylug-help] Accessing NTFS on an IDE drive through a USB external caddy

[Paul Scorer]

My general approach in such circumstances is to make a bit-image copy of
the original disc ("dd if=/dev/sdxp of=/backup/dudDisk ...") and work on
that. Whatever, mount Read_Only *at*all*costs*.

Further, I have a fundamental distrust of USB-HD. Inside, there has to
be a proper drive. Take the disc out and use it as a real drive, not
some s.jobs-inspired phoney-interface to ???.!>!???, aka who-knows-what.

[Aside: I see that the new wonder-gadget from the (now-deceased)
ultimate control freak's empire does not sport a usb interface of any
sort - so much for belief in one's own inventions; maybe better than
Not-Invented-Here, however...]

MTWH [Maybe This Will Help]; Etc.

Cheers

PaulS

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>    1. Accessing NTFS on an IDE drive through a USB external	caddy
>       (Gary Stainburn)
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> through a USB external caddy)
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > From: Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn at ringways.co.uk>
> > To: WYLUG Help list <wylug-help at wylug.org.uk>
> > Subject: [Wylug-help] Accessing NTFS on an IDE drive through a USB
> > external caddy
> > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:33:34 +0100
> > 
> > Hi folks.
> > 
> > 've got a WinXP system that's got stuffed by a virus. I've put a new HDD in 
> > and started a clean install and now I'm trying to use my (F17) Linux laptop 
> > to copy the files off the old HDD and scan them. However, when I connect the 
> > external USB caddy Linux fails to read the driver, as per the log entries 
> > below.
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest how I can get access to the drive please. There is nothing 
> > physically wrong with the drive and Windows did boot fine when it was in the 
> > PC.
> > 
> > Gary
> > 
> > [root at gary ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.312224] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device 
> > number 2 using ehci_hcd
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.428157] usb 2-2: New USB device found, 
> > idVendor=152d, idProduct=2338
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.428167] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: 
> > Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.428174] usb 2-2: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI 
> > Bridge
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.428180] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: JMicron
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.428185] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 
> > 152D203380B6
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 
> > 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-2"
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 2 was not an MTP device
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.518265] Initializing USB Mass Storage 
> > driver...
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.519174] scsi5 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.519308] usbcore: registered new interface 
> > driver usb-storage
> > Aug 14 11:25:21 gary kernel: [  301.519310] USB Mass Storage support 
> > registered.
> > Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.521592] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access                                    
> > PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS                 
> > Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.523606] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic 
> > sg2 type 0                                                     
> > Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.531087] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, 
> > assume Write Enabled                                           
> > Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.532161] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache 
> > data failed                                                   
> > Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.532173] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive 
> > cache: write through                                            
> > Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.535760] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, 
> > assume Write Enabled                                           
> > Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.536776] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache 
> > data failed                                                   
> > Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.536783] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive 
> > cache: write through                                            
> > Aug 14 11:25:22 gary kernel: [  302.536788] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI 
> > disk                                                             
> > Aug 14 11:25:22 gary ata_id[1968]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for '/dev/sdb': 
> > Invalid argument                                                 
> > ^C                                                                                                                                           
> > [root at gary ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb                                                                                                                
> > fdisk: unable to read /dev/sdb: Invalid argument                                                                                             
> > [root at gary ~]#  
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