I also have had success with putting one of those cold-pak gel thingys directly from the freezer onto a malfunctioning hard drive (assuming it is a heat-related issue...very common in laptop drives.)
Mike > Kent - I gotta say - a lot of funny replies to your problem here! > > As for the data on it that IS important to you. Maybe you CAN still > access it - or at least SOME of it - by connecting it into another PC of > your's using the type of connections that others have said here. I > actually had a problem with my HD here at work - and managed to use some > SW tool and got lucky and saved just about all the data and programs in > a Folder that got trashed. So - you may still be in luck... > > -K- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kent Belan > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 3:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF] Format laptop harddrive > > I don't think the drive will boot any more, may get lucky one more time. > > I will have to remove this new hard drive and put the old drive back in > to > see if I can format it. > > I do have an old tape bulk eraser that I used to erase backup tapes long > ago. > > I will give that a try also. > > I have an external drive enclosure that I can use for standard hard > drives > but it won't work for laptop drives. > > Maybe they make one for laptop drives so I can access the drive via USB > port > and format it that way. > > Darn drive had a bunch of company source code on it and don't want to > give > it away > > Thanks, > Kent > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of MB Software Solutions,LLC > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 3:27 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [NF] Format laptop harddrive > > On 3/2/2011 1:49 PM, Ted Roche wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Jarvis, Matthew<[email protected]> > wrote: >>> Ya, but if the drive is failing what ya supposed to do?? >>> >>> Hmmmm........ >>> >> It's true that a failing drive is unlikely to let you write over all >> the sectors, but it's better than nothing. It's not like you're >> throwing it away in the trash. If you have some faith in HP, you'd >> like to think they will take care of it. >> >> Normally, I use DBAN to do multiple wipes of the drive. >> >> Then I disassemble it with a sledge hammer. >> >> That probably violates the warranty, though. >> > > We use a software here called Wipe Drive. Boots from CD and looks > DOS-ish. > > -- > Mike Babcock, MCP > MB Software Solutions, LLC > President, Chief Software Architect > http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > http://fabmate.com > http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
