> >> # dd if=/dev/sdb bs=1M of=last_chance.raw count=128 skip=256M > >> # grep -obUaP "\x5F\x42\x48\x52\x66\x53\x5F\x4D" last_chance.raw grep returns no result on either drive >>>> If still no hit, you could try just run the grep command on the disk. like so?: grep -obUaP "\x5F\x42\x48\x52\x66\x53\x5F\x4D" /dev/sdc
