Recovering a failed (SSD) hard drive. Unknown partition type.

[Sam Varshavchik]

linux guy writes:

> # fdisk /dev/sdb
> Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or
> OSF disklabel
> Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0xf7941c52.
> Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
> After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.
>
> Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by  
> w(rite)
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0xf7941c52
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Looks like the partition table took a hit. Unless you remember your  
partition layout, you're pretty much done. The only thing you can do is  
create a new partition table, format them, and make a fresh start.

But, at this point, I wouldn't trust the drive.

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