I’ve got a large collection of drive magnets and disk platters from the many
drives I have disassembled over the years.
Clark Martin
A designated driver on the information Super Highway
> On Mar 11, 2017, at 5:32 PM, Bruce Johnson
> wrote:
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>
>> On Mar 11, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Kris Tilford wr
There is a much less risky step you can try first. Hold the drive and give it
a twist around the disk spin axis, as hard as you can. This can often unstick
the heads. If that doesn’t do it then you can try opening it up.
Clark Martin
A designated driver on the information Super Highway
> On
> On Mar 11, 2017, at 7:32 PM, Bruce Johnson
> wrote:
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> Well you can save some cool and useful magnets, shiny disks and various
> chunks of aluminum from them, too 8-P
That’s true, cool stuff to salvage. Those magnets are strong, I’ve been pinched
where I was bleeding by not being careful
> On Mar 11, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
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> Failing HDs need to be copied ASAP and trashed, they can’t be saved, only the
> data on them can be saved.
>
>
Well you can save some cool and useful magnets, shiny disks and various chunks
of aluminum from them, too 8-P
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Bruce John
On Mar 11, 2017, at 12:42 PM, Alex Ander wrote:
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> The hard drive on my PM 5300 looks like it has failed. Is there any truth
> that freezing the drive might restore it or is it one of those myths?
I had success once, and failure twice, freezing a bad HD.
I also had a HD that overheated very q
Just last week I fixed an old HD by taking it apart and giving the head a nudge.
Beforehand it would not mount - Drive Setup could see the drive, but not the
disk inside. Afterwards it worked fine!
Bit annoyed I hadn't tried this before on the many drives I've been through...
Opening any HD has a
On Mar 11, 2017, at 11:42 AM, Alex Ander
mailto:photo...@gmail.com>> wrote:
The hard drive on my PM 5300 looks like it has failed. Is there any truth that
freezing the drive might restore it or is it one of those myths?
Not a myth, but it’s not a cure-all. As Len says have everything ready to
It does work OCCASIONALLY for a limited subset of problems. Note that it is a
last ditch effort. Before you start, have everything you need to back up the
hard drive should it work and back it up immediately.
Also, there is always the possibility of a circuit board failure on the drive
and I ha
Do a search for “stiction” and you’ll likely find that some folks will have
declared that freezing their drive(s) caused the drives to spin up again long
enough to retrieve the data on them. If all else fails, it’s worth a try. It
worked once for me, FWIW.
Jim Scott
Eureka, CA
> On Mar 11, 2017
The hard drive on my PM 5300 looks like it has failed. Is there any truth
that freezing the drive might restore it or is it one of those myths?
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