I know it is dying and I already have a replacement drive. My question was, is there any tricks to getting it to boot when you have the stiction (spelling?) problem. So I can back it up. Aside from the smacking it trick. What exactly causes the stiction problem? Did the lubricant in the drive dry up? Something must cause these platter to read head problems to just come up out of the blue.
MaxTek Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 11:28:20 -0400 Subject: Re: hard drive clicking From: Bruce Klutchko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 5/24/04 11:15 AM, "maxtek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any suggestions will be appreciated and thanks. > > MaxTek > It is DYING!! Back it up as soon as you can get it started up. If startup is hard, try starting up several times, or try booting from a CD or an external drive. Do this before you lose ALL your data. -- Bruce ____________________________________________________ B R U C E K. klutch-at-erols.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
