RE: Failed hard disk recovery - Help

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

WOOOOAHHHH! Yes, that can well work and is well worth a try but if you do
do
that then make sure that you put the drive into a bag first.

Taking a really cold drive out of a fridge can result in condensation
forming on the drive and controlling electronics *VERY* quickly and the
last
thing that you want to do is cause more damage. If you chill your drive in
this way then chuck it in a freezer bag first and ty-rap the opening before
putting it in, then when you take it out, leave it in teh bag as you
connect
it and power it up - then any condensation will hopefully form on the
outside of the bag rather than on the drive.

I was also talking to a friend Wednesday evening who had a similar problem
and he pulled a piece of software (which I believe he had to register for
about $50) from Tucows so that might be worth a look (given the fault that
you have described there I don't think the fridge solution will work but
it's certainly worth a try as it's free).

Alternatively - if the data is important then Calum Morrel (off here) does
data recovery as a business - it might well be worth contacting him.
(calum@xxxxxxx if I remember correctly).

Cheers

Phil Harris

LetsAutomate - The UK's Premier On-Line Home Automation Store

www.letsautomate.com

Email : phil@xxxxxxx
Tel : 0871 871 8885
Fax : 0871 871 8886

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darryl Mattocks [mailto:Darryl.Mattocks@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 September 2003 11:02
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Failed hard disk recovery - Help
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> Try sticking it in the fridge for an hour or so and then trying it
> again.  I know it sounds daft but some folk have tried it
successfully.
>
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> Regards
> Darryl.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: biggles299 [mailto:charles@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 September 2003 10:56
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Failed hard disk recovery - Help
>
> My IBM 75GXP hard disk has given up the ghost. Does anyone have any
> personal recommendations for a data recovery house. There seem to be
> plenty out there but I would be interested in any feedback from the
> group.
> Any suggestions for recovery solutions I can try myself would be
> gratefully received.
> It looks like the disk cannot find it's boot record.
>
> Symptoms are
> Bios can detect the drive.
> Drive makes a Tsk tsk tsk sound on boot
> Bios reports HDD error
> Running IBM drive fitness test gives failure code 0x72 Smart Failure.
>
> So far I have tried:
> Manually setting the bios
> Another machine
> Run as master, run as slave drive
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Charles
>
>
>
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