Help with defective Linkstation Live enclosure HS-DH500GL

[xgriffinx]

   

Hello!

 

I need advice please. I woke up to a 2 tone beeping this moring and a 1-6 code - cannot locate internal HDD. As I'm 20 days out of warranty I took the drive out of the enclosure and put it in my XP computer for testing. I found 4 healthy partitions... that Windows can't recognize as i'm sure you know. After reading the forums it seems a Linux box reads this type of HDD format (or at least I think so).

 

So what can I do to get the files off the HDD? Should I buy a newer model Linkstation Live and attempt swapping the drives? Will the drive from a Mark 1 LS Live work in the newer Mark2? Or is there something I can do without knowing much (anything) about Linux to maybe boot Linux off a USB drive after hooking the HDD up to my XP box to somehow port the files over to an NTFS HDD?

 

I've done a few hours of research allready, please direct me to the appropriate place if this has already been answered.. I'm going crazy trying to sort this out. Thanks for your time everyone!

 

-Sam @ San Diego, CA

[kevin]

   

Hi,

There are drivers/programs you can find so that you can read XFS file systems with Windows computers, though they do NOT work most of the time. You two other options that would be both easier and more reliable. The first is to simply a get another LS Live of the exact SAME model number (they have to be the same due to firmware versions) and then swap the drive out with the one that has your data. The next option is to plug the drive into a Linux computer, if you do not have one then you can boot your computer off of a "Live CD" which most Linux distros support. Once your in Linux you should be able to see the data portion on this drive as well as your NTFS drive and you can then transfer your data.

[Colin137]

Kevin is correct, there is only one program that i know of that will read XFS on Windows, it's called UFS Explorer ( http://www.ufsexplorer.com/ ). The free trial will allow you to see if the files are still there, but you'll need to buy the license ( 50 USD i believe ) to transfer anything larger than 64KB off it. If the files are there, you can use the LiveCD suggestion that kevin had.