[UFO Chicago] D'Oh

[Eric Ellington]

Hello,

This is my first time posting to this list so hello all.

If all hope is lost the following has worked for me…

I have had mixed success freezing drives. You can put it in a baggie
and let it freeze for a good couple of hours. Sometimes it will work
long enough to get the data off.

Also, if the drive has been spinning 24x7 like in a DVR HDs tend to
lock up if the power was killed because some careless coworker has
unplugged the systems. Usually a good wack on a table and then
spinning the drive like a top has worked for me in the past.


-- 
Eric Ellington
e.ellington at gmail.com


On 5/24/06, Scott Lockwood <wsl3 at lrsehosting.com> wrote:
> My favorite way was to extend the cables out of the case, so I had the old
> drive by my keyboard. When the platters would stop, I'd open the case (pull
> it straight up after removing all the screws) and spin it up with my finger.
> This was usually good for at least another 15 minutes. Worked great on my
> old ST4096!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ufo-bounces at ufo.chicago.il.us [mailto:ufo-bounces at ufo.chicago.il.us]
> On Behalf Of sjk
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:59 AM
> To: UFO Chicago Mailing List
> Subject: [UFO Chicago] D'Oh
>
> I have a 9GB scsi drive that has crashed out -- won't spin up. Though most
> of the data could be recreated, it would take a lot of work. Does anyone
> have any experience with a reasonably priced data recovery service?
>
> TIA
>
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