On most hard drives you can see where the motor is on the bottom. Hold the drive in one hand with your thumb on one edge and fingers on the other, with the motor directly between. Hold your hand up so the drive is flat and give it three or four quick twists of your wrist.
The idea is the interia of the platters will try to hold them still while the drive twists around their spindle. If it's a stuck motor or heads, that trick can loosen things up to get the drive working. Beating on a drive with a hammer or screwdriver handle could "rattle" the heads against the platters which could damage them or the platters' coating. Look around on the net for "200 ways to revive a dead hard drive". ;) ===== It will be total Fandemonium! Nampa Civic Center, August 5th to August 7th, 2005! http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
