Hi Guys

I have a reiserfs drive which has bad sectors unable to mount using linux, i have tried many software,
winhex, rstudio linux, stellar etc, all unable to mount.

PS. Broadcom boot has been modified to Windows Bootcode.

The only option is to use Total commander with reiserfs plugins , i could see the data and unable to copy due to the bad sectors, the drive has to be connected to IDE motherboard in order for it to recognize.

I tried DE mount as drive wont work, thought that it has soft and hard reset/skip function which might work for bad sectors but it wont mount.

Linux dd wont clone, error all the way and hang.

Tried DE cloned with 1 head off, successfull but unable to moutn after that. (tried bootcode both in windows and broadcom)

What are my options guys?

thank you.

Try get the full clone using the other head. Then run UFS explorer on the clone. Also if that dont work run ReiserCheck (whatever its called) in Linux on a clone of the clone.

Lately I restored a ReiserFS drive. As I had no bad sectors (PCB was dead), I connected it to Suse 11.1 without problems. Try to image as much as possible as said by HDD Spaz and try to run fsck (or whatever command it was). Should help.