I see you prefer the Fat-32 format. I have made the error of believing Microsoft tested the NTFS format. I have lost several External Hard drives from electronics failure and I have had several with corrupted formats but they were all Fat-32. I guess I've been lucky with NTFS formatted externals Hard drives.
Jim James J. Hairston 8559 Birch Creek Rd. Keller Tx. 76248 H: (817) 337-4183; E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bones Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 5:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Papermodels II 32885] Re: LaCie external HD On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 14:08 -0600, william perry wrote: > Bob, > > If you want to try to get your info off the drive and onto a HD or > some other media, put it in a zip lock bag in a freezer over night. I > was able to bring up a drive and DL the files before the final > kaputznik. > That does sometimes work and can be a lifesaver. The thing with Mr Hard Drive is that even if he dies, your data is still on his platter inside. The problem lies in the interface not being a viable system any longer due to failure of Mr Hard Drives's electronic stuff that allows you to access the data on the platter. It can be recovered but needs to go to a specialised company who dismantle the drive in a sterile environment and recover the data for you...at a price...here in Oz it starts at about 1200 buckeroonies and goes up from there. The exception to this is if friend Microsoft's NTFS (Not Too Freakin' Smart) filesystem becomes corrupt AND the hard drive dies...then you're up the creek, no paddle and in a barbed wire canoe. Bones > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
