On Jan 27, 2008 12:56 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I recommend going to grc.com and buying SpinRite - you can just download > >it and run it. You may well find that it recovers the drive for you > >completely. > > Without a general idea of what needs to be fixed it is not a good idea to > run any repair utility. If it is a hardware problem, the data on the disk > could be fine now and could get scrambled by the repair utility. >
That happens not to be the case for SpinRite. Could be for other utilities. I agree that if you hear a clicking noise when the drive starts up, it is a severe hardware problem and you should unplug the drive right now before things get worse. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
