Re: Re: HDD Failure - What to do?

[Andrew M Stemen <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hrmmm... just to throw in my two cents, I *have* heard of the freezer
trick before... I've used it many times, successfully. I also know many
small companies that use that trick to recover data from a drive. It's
not a good idea for long term use, but it *does* work for emergency
recovery, a lot of the time.

Andrew M Stemen
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http://www.andrewmstemen.com


jonsemailstuff wrote:
> Tim,
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> I assume you are using windows. I had a disk that was completely
> unreadable under windows, but I managed to rescue the contents under
> linux. If you don't have linux installed, try a bootable CD such as
> knoppix - you just download the iso image, burn it to CD and boot your
> computer. I think I'd also be tempted to connect it directly to your
> IDE bus rather than using a USB adaptor.
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> You should be able to copy most of your stuff onto the hard disk
> already on your machine.
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> I've not heard the freezer trick before, but I don't think it would be
> a good idea as you are likely to get condensation indside the drive
> (they are not hermetically sealed as some people believe).
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> Hope this helps,
> Jon
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)"
> <haweste@a...> wrote:
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>>I recently 'inherited' an older PC. It will boot through the BIOS
but
>>then it stops. I've taken the Maxtor HDD out and tried to read it
via a
>>USB adaptor with another PC and although it makes encouraging
noises, I
>>always get the following message: "E:\ is not accessible. The
file or
>>directory is corrupted and unreadable."
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>>I've put the drive in the freezer and then tried to read it but
still
>>get the same error.
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>>Is there anything else I can try? I don't think it's worth sending
off
>>to data recovery co.
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>>Thanks,
>>
>>Tim.
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