This time I am ok, but my 400GB external HDD is gone and along with it I lost all the photographs that I took in the last two year and the videos including meetthegimp and inkscape and bijra related videos. I somehow managed to kick it while it was connected to the system. It fell from 1 and half feet above the ground.
From /var/log/messages
Mar 1 15:02:15 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 17
Mar 1 15:02:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 18
Mar 1 15:02:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Mar 1 15:02:17 localhost kernel: scsi19 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Mar 1 15:02:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0d49, idProduct=3200
Mar 1 15:02:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Mar 1 15:02:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Product: Maxtor 3200
Mar 1 15:02:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Maxtor Corporation
Mar 1 15:02:17 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 2CAHFJJP
Mar 1 15:02:28 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 18
Mar 1 15:02:33 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Mar 1 15:02:43 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 18
Mar 1 15:02:59 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 18
Mar 1 15:02:59 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 18
Mar 1 15:03:10 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 18
Mar 1 15:03:10 localhost kernel: scsi 19:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Right now I am singing in joy(?). Is there any chance that I can recover the data ?
