I didn't see anything about the drive giving the "Death Rattle". I agree, outside recovery services are expensive!
Good luck on whatever you try. JoeG -----Original Message----- From: Bones <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, Mar 28, 2011 4:18 pm Subject: Re: [Papermodels II 44422] OT: click of death 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. -- 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.
