An individual here toasted a laptop drive. We need to get the data off of it, but I was hoping there was some other way instead of sending it off and paying $1500 (Which is cheaper than I thought it would be). But I was just wondering if anyone here knew of any tricks or had any tips. Anyone?
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Yep, what's the problem, does it not spin up? You can try varying degrees of impact as a last resort, sometimes a few wacks will get 'em going... especially if we are talking about 199x 10MB RLL/MFM Drive.
You might be able to open it up and spin start it manually. Eventually dust will render stuff unreadable, but, maybe able to get what you need that way.
Either of the above would be considered a final st4b before the trash bin though.
You might be able to open it up and spin start it manually. Eventually dust will render stuff unreadable, but, maybe able to get what you need that way.
Either of the above would be considered a final st4b before the trash bin though.
Thanks guys. BTW, it's not spinning up, so it may be a bad logic board. However, we just got approval to blow the money on it, so off she goes.
Cool. Hope it works out. My father went through a data recovery place once and it costs $$ for that, as you already know....
On a side note, he said that they had a hard drive there that had been seized in a kiddie porn raid, but the guy had taken a shotgun to it before the cops got to him. Needless to say, the HD looked like Swiss cheese. :Q
Skyclad1uhm1
Lifer
Bring it to the RIAA, say you think there will be a lot mp3s on it, and that they can sue for a lot of money if they get it working again.
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Or try replacing parts of it if you are good at working with electronics and don't mind the chance of destroying another harddisk.
If it's the mechanical part then you are most likely screwed.
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Or try replacing parts of it if you are good at working with electronics and don't mind the chance of destroying another harddisk.
If it's the mechanical part then you are most likely screwed.
Skyclad1uhm1
Lifer
P.S. Might want to keep static and dust away while doing this.
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