On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, wes wrote: > There's also the old freezer trick, but it depends on how valuable the > data is. There are risks with both tricks, as they could just as easily > break it worse.
The question I've not seen asked her is whether data on the disk can be accessed despite the clicks. If so, hooking up an external disk (via USB, perhaps) and copying everything off the failing disk would be quicker and less expensive. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
