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Thread ID: 124070 2012-04-03 23:56:00 Hard Drive Failure DeSade (984) Press F1
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1268292 2012-04-05 03:06:00 Ive seen this work a few times as well. Ive never been brave enough to try
HD's are rated for ~300+ Gs when off so is relatively safe, use as a last resort though.
Can also wrap it up & stick it in the freezer for 1/2 a day. That sometimes works, usually not though

Expect to data recovery to cost $500 - $1500 if sending it to a specialist.
Local PC repair shops will only just run some software across it & that wont work if it cant be detected in the bios

I would much rather spend 50 bucks than 1500 and the computer lady has nice long legs that go all the way, worth 50 to perv at them.
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1268293 2012-04-06 00:58:00 I've used SpinRite to succesfully access an unmountable drive, and recovered almost all the data with getdataback once spinrite had done it's work bevy121 (117)
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