Re[2]: OT : emergency - Hard disk failure

["Pete Shew" <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you tried holding the disk and quickly rotating the case on the axis
of the spindle - a sort of flick - that might move the disk on the bearing
so it starts next time - I've had that work for me.

Pete

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On 26/03/2004 at 10:26 Tawn, Jonathan wrote:

>No worries!
>
>Let me know how you get on !
>
>Jonathan Tawn
>EDS Desktop Services.
>
>
>		-----Original Message-----
>		From:	Simon McCaughey [mailto:simonmcc@xxxxxxx]
>		Sent:	Friday, 26 March, 2004 10:24
>		To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>		Subject:	Re: [ukha_d] OT : emergency - Hard disk
>failure
>
>		Thanks Jonathan for all your help - I have already tried
>most of those
>		things, and now I'm off to try the rest!
>
>		Simon
>
>
>		----- Original Message -----
>		From: "Tawn, Jonathan" <jonathan.tawn@xxxxxxx>
>		To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>		Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 10:09 AM
>		Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT : emergency - Hard disk failure
>
>
>		> I think the board could well fit, however with the
>parameters of the drive
>		> being different (cyl / heads / sectors) I doubt it'd work.
>		>
>		> You could also try putting the drive in an anti-static
>bag, pop that into
>		a
>		> sandwich bag and then put it in the freezer for a few
>hours to chill,
>		after
>		> around 4-5 hours, take the drive out of the freezer, and
>then pop the
>		drive
>		> back in the machine.
>		>
>		> If the machine your plugging your drive into has loads of
>stuff in it
>		> (cd-rom, cd-rw, dvd, couple of hd's, floppy etc)
>disconnect those devices
>		so
>		> the power supply has more 'umph' to spin the disc up if
>the bearings are
>		> stuck.
>		>
>		> If after all that fails, with the machine switched on and
>only the board,
>		> h/d and the h/d you intend to write the data to (or a fdd
>or cd-rw) turn
>		the
>		> pc on, set a 'pause' in the bios (not all machines allow
>this, but was an
>		> option to allow slow hd's time to spin up before
>detection) and with the
>		> machine at the bios screen, firmly tap the hard disc which
>should cause it
>		> to spin up.
>		>
>		> The above is what I've used in the past to help get a disc
>to spin up so
>		you
>		> can recover the data, but this has mostly been used with
>server hd's that
>		> once the server has been shut down the drive refuses to
>spin up again.
>		>
>		> Hope this helps! & good luck- although I take no
>responsibility etc etc..
>		>
>		> Jonathan.
>		>
>		> Jonathan Tawn
>		>
>		>
>		> -----Original Message-----
>		> From: Simon McCaughey [mailto:simonmcc@xxxxxxx]
>		> Sent: Friday, 26 March, 2004 09:52
>		> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>		> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT : emergency - Hard disk
>		> failure
>		>
>		>
>		>
>		> > Simon> is it a laptop or desktop HD ?
>		> >
>		> >
>		>
>		> It is a desktop, 3.5 IDE Western Digital Caviar (WD200),
>20
>		> gig. Is the
>		> board different for a 10Gb drive? I have one of those
>		> available
>		>
>		> Simon
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