On 1999-10-18 Tibor Mocsar said: >Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 17:17:28 +0200 >After I had survived two headcrashes my third HD died again. Upon >switching on the computer the engine of the HD does not want to >start. Other harddrives work well on the same connection. This way >without physical damages I seemingly lost all my data which had >been collected over about three years. It's a tragedy and I can't >describe how I feel. >I consulted about a dozen socalled "PC-Technicians" but this was >wasted time. None of them had the slightest idea about electronics >of a harddrive. All they can do is "click-click". In my desperation >I contacted one of the two companies in Germany specialized in >restoring data from damaged drives. Well, they are really competent >but their target customer segment is not that of private computer >users. Their rates reflect this clearly. I'm afraid I can't afford >their services for about DEM 2500. >Has anybody an idea what to do in such a case? >-- >Tibor Mocsar >Net-Tamer V 1.08X - Test Drive Hello Tibor: I've suffered from the same kind of problem myself and have recovered my data. I boot from a floppy. Then I wait for a very long time, sometimes for many hours, or even overnight, and the hard drive eventually spins up. Best of luck to you! Let us learn of your results. Be prepared to recover your data as soon as the hard drive spins up. The problem with the hard drive will most probably get worse, and you will soon have to replace it. The day will surely come when it just will no longer spin up, even if you wait 'til doomsday. Sam Heywood Net-Tamer V 1.11.2 - Registered To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
