Depends how it died and how dead it is. I have one that can be
resurrected by unplugging all the cables (motherboard and power
cables too), cleaning off the pins, and putting it all back together
again, making sure to connect pin 1 to pin 1 and so on. If it just has
some bad blocks, you might be able to get some more life out of it with
fsck -c -f (you can change the parameters for the fsck in your startup
rc files for one boot, then change them back). If it was killed by a
multi-channel CMD VLB chip you didn't tell the IDE driver about, you can
reformat it and all should be well. You need the hardware format
command for this. Maybe your BIOS will do it, or dos format, or I can
give you patches for kernel 2.0.30, 2.0.32, or 2.0.36 that only I have
tested. In the future, though, tell the IDE driver if it has a CMD VLB
chip to contend with, and it will stop the chip hurting the drive.
If it smells dead, it is dead, and you will need the help of whatever
God you believe in. Mammon will replace it, for a price.
Most (but not all) hardware failures are caused by corroded plugs and
cables.
I hope this helps.
Lawson
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On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Charles M Stapleton wrote:
> This is a little off topic, but does anyone know how (if it can be
done) to
> revive a dead hard drive? Is there a programs that could help me out?
>
> Sincerely,
>
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