This may sound peculiar, but take your drive out and put it in the freezer overnight and then quick as all can be put it in and boot up and get off what you can. I've used this technique multiple time to great success.
-----Original Message----- From: Jonathon McKitrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 11:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Need help with dying drive/restoring data Hi all, Help! My laptop drive seems to be dying, and while I did keep backups, the last one was a bit old. When I boot up, the drive makes clanking sounds I've never heard before, and never finishes the load. I'm going to make a rescue disk, but does anyone have a strategy for how I could handle the delicate job of getting my updated data off the drive without making matters worse? So far, I figure I will boot the rescue disk and try to mount the filesystems. jm -- _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
