What Bones said. :( Good luck! Mandy
On 29 March 2011 06:48, Bones <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-03-28 at 05:30 +0000, [email protected] wrote: > > Well, my main drive went south and I'm trying to figure out how to get > the data off it. Any thoughts would be helpful. > > > > I'm typing this on my iPad. > > > > Bill > > > Gidday Bill, if Mr Hard Drive is making the Death Rattle then chances > are you won't be able to recover anything from it with software. The > Death rattle usually means that the step motor drive part of the hard > drive is cactus and the only way to recover data is to send it to a firm > who can do this. > Jim mentioned the fact that they were not all that expensive...lucky you > blokes !!! here in Oz we have them sent away occasionally and the last > one cost about $1400, albeit price of hard drive with data copied to it > included. > We have all the recovery software, Hiren and diskloads of other > specialised stuff too but if you can't ACCESS the drive then you can't > recover nuttin. > > Bones > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Q: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? > A: Only one, but it takes a long time, and the light bulb has > to really want to change. > > > > -- > 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. > > -- Please use mandythepcgirl at gmail.com for fast email delivery. :) -- 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.
