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Ian Clark wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">2009/9/14 Brian Wood <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div class="h5">On Monday 14 September 2009 12:16:48 James Crow
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Sounds like you have tried all the usual methods and come up empty.<br>
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I hadn't heard the freezer trick, I have heard of "gently" tapping on
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drive case, but I never put much stock in that.<br>
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<div>That's a trick from the 'old days', I remember we used to use it
at my school occasionally, the computer rooms was powered up most of
the day then shut off at night, occasionally one of the drives would
refuse to spin up and a gentle tap with the (rubberised) handle of a
screwdriver would fix it. This was in the mid 90s though, I imagine
modern lubricants don't suffer the same issues (The lubricant would
clump at the ends of the spindles over time, then the slight viscosity
increase when it cooled was enough to overcome the inital startup
force.)<br>
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That normally wasn't lubricant - it was often static - known as
stiction in older drives, and requiring precussive maintenance to
resolve ;-)<br>
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David H<br>
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<div>However, that was a trick to spin up a drive that wouldn't,
clicking sounds more permanent. :(<br>
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You're best bet is probably a specialised data recovery firm, as the
HDs contents are probably OK it might not be toooo expensive.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Ian<br>
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