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know any tricks..
2008-12-04, 5:05 PM #1
for getting a borked drive to work long enough to recover data?

drive has got the click of death thing goin on. mobo doesnt even recognise that its there.

****.

i'm ****ed.

**** **** ****.
My girlfriend paid a lot of money for that tv; I want to watch ALL OF IT. - JM
2008-12-04, 5:14 PM #2
I think, as you so elegantly put it... you're ****ed.
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2008-12-04, 5:15 PM #3
Find exact same type of drive. Exchange guts. Hope.
2008-12-04, 5:16 PM #4
(At least open it up and snag those magnets!)
2008-12-04, 5:35 PM #5
Originally posted by JM:
Find exact same type of drive. Exchange guts. Hope.

This is doable, but realize that every time you hear a "click" the read head is quite literally gouging data off your platters.
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2008-12-04, 5:44 PM #6
well perhaps its not so much the click of death. it actually sounds more like the motor just stops, and then starts again.
My girlfriend paid a lot of money for that tv; I want to watch ALL OF IT. - JM
2008-12-04, 5:45 PM #7
Seal the drive in something water-tight. Put it in the freezer for an hour. Hope.
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2008-12-04, 5:58 PM #8
I've got one that sounds like the armature has broken.

I can read the drive for about 30 seconds before it stops responding, usually just long enough to get a list of all the directories.
2008-12-04, 6:05 PM #9
Quote:
This is doable, but realize that every time you hear a "click" the read head is quite literally gouging data off your platters.
The click is more likely the head returning the 'home' position, and not actually scraping the discs themselves. That usually causes a grinding sound.
2008-12-04, 8:04 PM #10
Originally posted by Roger Spruce:
Seal the drive in something water-tight. Put it in the freezer for an hour. Hope.


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2008-12-04, 8:07 PM #11
Originally posted by Darkjedibob:
This

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2008-12-04, 8:08 PM #12
Originally posted by Emon:
this


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2008-12-04, 8:10 PM #13
If it incredibly important, couldn't you just hand it to people who specialize in data recovery? I mean, how critical is the stuff on the drive?

Then again, what are the prices for data recovery these days?
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2008-12-04, 8:19 PM #14
Key to all solutions :

HOPESHOCK
2008-12-04, 9:07 PM #15
apparently i ahve a data recovery company located right here in cleveland that i could just drive by and drop off to. free diagnostic and estimate. what do you think? should i go for it? freezer trick wouldnt be opportune, as i dont have an enclosure atm that i can use.
My girlfriend paid a lot of money for that tv; I want to watch ALL OF IT. - JM
2008-12-04, 9:15 PM #16
$$$$$$$$ (Approximate number of zeros on the end of your bill : 8.)
2008-12-04, 9:20 PM #17
you are so helpful JM. i obviously wouldnt do it before trying the freezer trick, but the data stored on there is rather important. at least to me.
My girlfriend paid a lot of money for that tv; I want to watch ALL OF IT. - JM
2008-12-04, 9:22 PM #18
Yes, well. Just know in advance that there is some definite sticker shock involved.
2008-12-05, 5:14 AM #19
I had an old WD die on me once, and I asked the same question around some forums. Someone had the same problem told me to give it a good dropping. He said it worked, and at this point I had nothing else to lose, so I held the drive about 1 to 2 feet from the floor, and dropped it. (hardwood floor)

Believe me or not, but it worked, long enough for me to pull what I needed off anyway, I think it died again a couple days later. Worth a shot.
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2008-12-05, 11:16 AM #20
having it done by ontrack is about $2000 usually.

i did this once and it worked:
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gbk is 50 probably

MB IS FAT
2008-12-05, 11:17 AM #21
Originally posted by KOP_AoEJedi:
I had an old WD die on me once, and I asked the same question around some forums. Someone had the same problem told me to give it a good dropping. He said it worked, and at this point I had nothing else to lose, so I held the drive about 1 to 2 feet from the floor, and dropped it. (hardwood floor)

Believe me or not, but it worked, long enough for me to pull what I needed off anyway, I think it died again a couple days later. Worth a shot.


dont do that
gbk is 50 probably

MB IS FAT
2008-12-05, 11:30 AM #22
If you give it to a data recovery place, they may fix it during "diagnostics." They usually tell you that they can get the data off of it when they have fixed the problem. If you get it back without paying the fee, they just delete the file table so you can't access the data.

Get the hard drive back and rebuild/restore the file table using testdisk. I've gotten the data from two different drives that way for only the price of initial diagnostics.
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2008-12-05, 12:01 PM #23
Originally posted by NoESC:
dont do that


Hey if he's going to throw it away after trying everything else he might as well try this. It did work for me.
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2008-12-05, 12:10 PM #24
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2008-12-05, 12:10 PM #25
Originally posted by KOP_AoEJedi:
Hey if he's going to throw it away after trying everything else he might as well try this. It did work for me.


might as well take a **** on it too
gbk is 50 probably

MB IS FAT
2008-12-05, 2:02 PM #26
KOP_AOEjedi.

Someone told you to drop your hard drive because you are retarded, would believe it would work, and would do it.

The fact that it worked is some sort of freak miracle.
2008-12-05, 2:09 PM #27
Originally posted by Rob:
KOP_AOEjedi.

Someone told you to drop your hard drive because you are retarded, would believe it would work, and would do it.

The fact that it worked is some sort of freak miracle.


Or more likely: the drive actually was still working, he dropped it, and that caused it to die 2 days later.
2008-12-05, 2:44 PM #28
Quite.

But as I said : DON'T THROW AWAY THOSE MAGNETS NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.

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