Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't...
I have 'waken up' unresponsive HD by gently tapping them sideways.
It seems like the arm 'sticks', and I just bump them vertically against a
surface and SOMETIMES work...
Sometimes.
YMMV.
ET
Michael Havens writes:
You are a comedian too! I have some drives I tried this with but it didn't
work; I have a different situation, the drives were out in a shed for about
a year.... is there any hope?
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:11 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com <
kitepi...@kitepilot.com> wrote:
This is what I've done in the past:
Seal the HD inside a plastic bag in the driest environment you can find.
Leave it overnite in the freezer (there are other opinions, I'm just
stating what/how has worked for me)
Have a puter ready and much better if you can hot-plug the thing.
Have enough space for the FULL drive and get ddrescue or dd-rescue (they
*ARE* different, and I have to research it every time).
Lite candles, do your prayers, find you a goat to sacrifice, pull the HD
out of the plastic bag, wrap it in paper towel in case you get some
condensation and go for it. Sometimes I keep it super-cool wrapped around
some of those freezing gels. I have never used dry ice but I have thought
about it. The explanation has to do with some internal tolerances being
reduced to the point that it temporarily functions. I try to disturb the
drive as little as possible during the copy. All this may be just VooDoo
and sorcery, but again, it has worked for me.
YMMV...
ET
PS: Free advice, can't sue me... :)
Eric Cope writes:
Hi all,
I have a Western Digital 2.5" hard drive that spins up, but makes a
terrible clicking sound at approximately 1Hz. The clicking is bad enough
you can feel it when holding the drive. I did some reading on line, and
its
beyond my skillset. Does anyone know if affordable drive recovery? The
data
on this disk is not worth thousands, but may be worth 100s.
Thanks in advance,
Eric
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