http://ubuntuforums.org – hey guys, i was wondering if there was any chance of recovering a maxtor hard disk, 250gb with about 217 bad sectors using 'dd' command in lxterminal. i also have a hitachi deskstar 500gb with 9 bad sectors, which the bios won't even read. i checked and asked around, saying that the 'dd' command might be my sole hope of "restoring" these disks. (Hardware)