[Ham-Computers] HD Data Lost. Can You Help

[Jonathan Thawley]

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On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Kenneth Grimm <grimm at sbc.edu> wrote:

> Duane,
>
> As a last resort, I repeat, as a last resort...holding the blade of a
> medium sized, yellow handled screw driver, smack the side of the stuck
> drive with the handle.  Repeat with increasing vigor until it boots or you
> destroy the drive.  This has actually worked for me a couple of times.
>  Once I got the drive up and running I did not shut it down until I had
> used Ghost to clone a new drive.
>
> 73,
>
> Ken - K4XL
>
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Jim Hill <hro5-2 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > I have heard that if you cool your hard drive in your refrigerator, it
> may
> > run for a while.  I've never tried it, personally.
> >
> > I had a flash drive fail, and used Eraseus  http://www.easeus.com/**
> > datarecovery/ <http://www.easeus.com/datarecovery/>   I tried the free
> > version http://www.easeus.com/**datarecoverywizard/free-data-**
> > recovery-software.htm<
> http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm>It
> is for only 1 GB of data,  but I discovered I could look at more but
> > only transfer  1 GB to somewhere else.  Once the 1 gb limit was reached,
> I
> > restarted Eraseus and tried again.  Unfortunately the recovered data was
> > all mixed up, with duplicates of some files and others not recoverable
> and
> > all listed in special folders.  It was pretty labor intensive.
> >
> > I've learned something else - flash drives fail, too.  I've reduced the
> > failure rate by not using unknown brands purchased at Sears, etc.   I
> only
> > use Kingston flash drives, and back up important stuff a second time,
> > and/or seldom using the flash drive.
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > At 03:08 PM 12/18/2012, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >  Hi All,
> >>
> >> Much to my horror, when I powered the computer up Thursday morning
> >> December 6, 2012 the HD failed to do anything. It was simply a case of
> >> dying in its sleep! That is, if one assumes that chips sleep!
> >>
> >> I am desperate! I had not backed my data up in six months for four
> >> directories. The rest I do have on CDS or zip disks. Unfortunately the
> data
> >> I put on that computer the past six months is absolutely critical to me!
> >> Figures, heh?
> >>
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