Yep, I use a Booq bag, made for the PB 12". It wasn't the first time the Mac rode in there. I usually hang the bag from the helmet safe, in front of the seat, but this weekend I was riding up north to Petaluma, so I didn't want to have loose bags...
I'll do as you guys say, take the drive away. I can probably even just use the PD7X as an enclosure to recover the data... Thanks, j On 10/23/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ugh. Do you have a well-padded case for it? I suspect a neoprene > sleeve and a nicely padded outer case would kill off most of the > nastier vibrations. Might want to consider putting in a courier bag > instead, however. Less direct vibration that way, your body is > absorbing it. > > Regards the drive, just pull the drive out and get a pocket firewire > drive enclosure for it. Fry's Electronics has them for about $50. > Makes a good backup drive too that way. Laptop drives are pretty > tough, hopefully it's ok. You don't want to go to DriveSavers (http:// > www.drivesavers.com/) if you don't have to ... It's usually $1000 or > more to recover data from a toasted drive with them, if it's possible > at all. > > Godfrey > > On Oct 23, 2005, at 8:54 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > My Powerbook seems to have died today :( Probably too much vibration > > while riding in the helmet compartment of the Vespa. It won't boot, > > and a burnt smell comes out if I plug it in. > > > > I'm positive that the drive is OK though. Anyone know of a place that > > will recover the contents of the drive for me? I'll probably just use > > this as an excuse to use that 25% personal discount that I get in the > > Apple store at work and buy a new one. Also, my pictures are all > > backed up, so no importent data would be lost anyway. But still, there > > are some things that I'd like to recover from there, like my PS > > actions, some email, etc. > > > > I know there are some Mac users here, so maybe you have a place to > > recommend. > > > > Thanks, > > > > j > > > > -- > > Juan Buhler > > http://www.jbuhler.com > > photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com > > > > > > -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
