In the early days of hard disks this was a regular problem, due to the
spindle wearing...
If it is an old disk.. give it a sharp tap (nothing too heavy, maybe a large
coin?) just at the moment you apply power. It must be on a solid bit... the
silver chassis is best. It used to work on early AT machines and before!!!
(I'm getting too old for this game).
If its an electronic problem.. leave it to the experts.. Vogon are not cheap
but V. Good.
Good Luck
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Thorneycroft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 16 March 2001 18:48
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Recovery
Check out this Article 200 ways to revive a hard drive:
http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?src=search&id=r00320010108det03.ht
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On Friday, March 16, 2001 10:08 AM, arhoads [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
wrote:
> Cody,
>
> freezing a drive is a new one to me. I'd be concerned that moisture
> would condense inside the drive on the disk surfaces.
>
> I've pulled drives and spun them (any smooth, slick - clean - surface),
> hard & fast -- being careful not to launch the drive off a table, I'd
> recommend using the floor -- and them grab them quickly to stop the
> drive but leave the actual disk spinning inside. I discovered this
> technique from technicians that use it as one of their non-destructive
> techniques.
>
> Steffan
>
> Cody Cauchi wrote:
> >
> > Hi all. I am attempting to recover a hard disk for a friend. The
disk
> > crashed a few days, and ... they thought they had backups ... their
vendor
> > told them "no problem, we will backup the data" ... and guess what ...
it
> > wasn't backed up. They had a half-$#@ system of backups and lost some
> > important data. Like MANY other out there she was relying on a Vendor,
not
> > a storage professional, to backup her data. Anyway, enough with my
bitching
> > ... to the point. I recall reading that in order to recover data of a
hard
> > disk that will not spin up you can rap it in plastic, throw it in the
> > freezer for an hour or so, and then it should spin up when attached to
your
> > machine ... for a limited amount of time allowing you to retrieve the
data
> > off the hard disk. Am I correct in my presumption? Am I missing
anything?
> >
> > Cody Cauchi, Systems Programmer, ITS
> > University of Windsor
> > 401 Sunset Avenue
> > Windsor, Ontario
> > Phone - 253-3000 x4435
