I tried freezing by sticking it in the freezer. Didn't work for me, but I
couldn't even see the partitions on the drive. I have heard from
reputable sources that freezing can work in a worst case scenario.
--Brannon
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, J. Milgram wrote:
legend has it that it costs a lot.
clicking means hardware problems, I think.
There was some talk here about a freezing trick. In one version, you get
a large freezer ziplock bag, put your HD in it with some dry ice, run
the cables through the opening, zip shut as far as possible and maybe
seal lightly with tape. Then install just like that in the machine.
Nobody wrote back to say whether it worked or not :)
Yohance Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
All,
I'm new to the um-Linux list and this is my first post. A friend
of mine recommended this list after I told him about a problem I am having.
My power supply, main hard drive and backup hard drive just went down last
Friday after a power surge. The main hard drive wont turn on and the
backup supply won't mount, I can see the partitions but no matter what I
do I can't get it to mount. Also it's making a lot of clicking noises.
I've tried fsck but it returns an error that includes a bad super block as
a possibility.
Anyway, I am looking into sending the main hard drive, the one that
doesn't power on, to a data recovery center. I was hoping someone on this
list could give me some advice on which particular center I should send my
disk to. None of my friends have had to do this before and I was hoping
to get some first hand recommendations before I send my disk off to some
company that promises a lot but and delivers nothing. Have any of you
sent a Hard drive to a data recovery center before? Were they actually
able to recover your data? How much did it cost you? Would you recommend
them to me?
Thanks in advance for the help,
-Yohance
