On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 12:57:13PM +1100, Craig Dibble wrote: > Quoting david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I've had a back-up hard drive fail today (just the backup drive, not the >> original) >> >> Worse still, my son's hard drive failed and then his back-up drive also >> failed, so he is in deep doo-doo. >> >> Fail = clicking noises, won't mount or mounts then won't read/write, >> etc. > > Whilst not an answer to your question, if you're fairly sure the drive is > terminal it might be time to try a bit of percussive maintenance. I > remember having similar problems with a drive many years ago and a sharp > smack off the side of the desk did actually fix it. Whether the drive heads > were stuck or what I don't know, but it was supremely satisfying > nonetheless... > > File that under the "Please don't try this at home" category ;-) > Craig
FWIW, before you try percussive maintenance, I've had the clicking thing and sometimes it has been due to dodgy usb cable or cable insertion and once even rebooting linux fixed it - the usb driver had got into a funny state and was erroring no every connect. Rebooting fixed it. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
