Its funny how I seem to know more and more people on this list. Hahaha
On 6/23/05, Ben Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 08:47:39PM -0400, Peter Teuben wrote: > >> If you do end up trying it, lemme know how it works ;-) > > I actually did try it , and i can unhappily report it didn;t work. Mine > > actually just clicked, as if it didn't want to start to spin.... > > The opposite solution is the Technical Tap. Either drop the disk or hit it > with a mallet. Seriously. > > You have to figure out the direction to hit it from so that you don't get a > head crash. I think that on the long thin side is best, but figure it out > for yourself so that your data loss is not my fault. :-) > > You'll want to do this when it is trying to spin up, as this is a solution > for stiction, when the fine oil on the platters is actually gluing the heads > to the disk. This is not a solution for bad sectors at all. > > In fact, I'm not sure that freezing is a solution for bad sectors. > > Ben > -- > Ben Stern UNIX & Networks Monkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] > This post does not represent FTI, even if I claim it does. Neener neener. > UM Linux Users' Group Electromagnetic Networks Microbrew Software >
