william ahearn wrote: > > Allen Davis wrote: > > > > I also have a giant box of seemingly dead hard drives I've never been > > able to toss out. I'm going to give the freezer trick a tryout. The > > logic seems sound. I have heard of stranger things that worked in a pinch! > > > You can also try -- first -- taking the drive and > giving it a quick, hard palm jab. Sometimes that will > loosen the heads. Again, this is a stop-gap measure to > off-load critical (read games, old software, somebody's > email addy) from old drives. > > William > JMUG-Connect > <http://www.isp.jmug.org> > All Macs. All the time.
Ahh, you speak of using the "Cincinnati wrench!" A sharp slap and that puts everything aright. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Already tried that!!! :-) Allen ----- -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
