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| 571495 | 2007-07-23 09:13:00 | Exactly why I said "if you're crazy enough" I was thinking of saying "totally insane" but felt it may sound insulting... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 571496 | 2007-07-23 09:14:00 | Hi All Thanks for all your replies. As said, I placed it in the USB enclosure and it went on with the click. It felt like it wanted to start up and came the click and then repeated it a few times till it closed down itself. I read somewhere about freezing it. So I did it for about 4 hours with the USB casing in a plastic bag. Took it out and connected. I could not see it under My Computer. It did run smothly for about a 1/2 hour and then stoped. During that time I had it recocnised by the WD diagnostic tool. It seemed to be stuck on a sector. Anyway I then tried to access it with a Knoppix live CD. It did recognise the HDD but could not access it. So after all taht I have placed it back in the freezer for at least another day till I get time to try again. NT |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 571497 | 2007-07-23 09:16:00 | If you get it running again, don't waste time scanning it - we know it's stuffed. Just copy off whatever data you can as fast as possible before it dies again, starting with the most important stuff. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 571498 | 2007-07-23 09:27:00 | Exactly. Before plugging it in the next time, have a list of the most important files/folders. Don't mess about, just copy and past as fast as possible. Make sure the new HDD can hold the amount of data you're about to transfer over. That way, no holdups. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 571499 | 2007-07-23 09:28:00 | If you get it running again, don't waste time scanning it - we know it's stuffed. Just copy off whatever data you can as fast as possible before it dies again, starting with the most important stuff. Bletch, thanks the trouble will possibly be that my machine may recognise the HDD but cannot access it to copy stuff? Keep fingers crossed. NT |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 571500 | 2007-07-23 09:30:00 | That won't be it. Any HDD making the noises you have described is definitely terminal - the error will be a problem with the HDD itself, rather than simply an access problem. Edit: When you take it out of the freezer, keep it in the ziplock bag while running it. It will help stop any potential condensation problems; the last thing you want is moisture on the platters. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 571501 | 2007-07-23 09:35:00 | That won't be it. Any HDD making the noises you have described is definitely terminal - the error will be a problem with the HDD itself, rather than simply an access problem. So, your suggestion... Or is there no chance without the doctors.. and we know all them? NT |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 571502 | 2007-07-23 09:42:00 | As long as you don't open it the HDD doctors may have a chance - although putting it in the freezer doesn't help your chances with a pro recovery, it does sometimes help you recover it yourself (thus avoiding the cost). If you want to go with the pro recovery option, take it out of the freezer now and let it _slowly_ warm to room temp. Don't switch it on again until they've attempted to recover your data. Note that professional data recovery services are rather expensive - however if your data is vital it's best not to take chances. The HDD is not fixable, you will never be able to use it again. The best you can hope for is that you will be able to recover your data. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 571503 | 2007-07-23 11:36:00 | You could try something like norton ghost to try and dump a full image to another drive, though I suspect it may get stuck on any problem sectors (can anyone confirm if is there an error-skip option?) It's possible also that the partition tables etc are screwed, in this case maybe a recovery program to restore from formatted/corrupted drives (I have used filescavenger myself with good results) might work too. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 571504 | 2007-07-23 12:53:00 | You could try something like norton ghost to try and dump a full image to another drive, though I suspect it may get stuck on any problem sectors (can anyone confirm if is there an error-skip option?) It's possible also that the partition tables etc are screwed, in this case maybe a recovery program to restore from formatted/corrupted drives (I have used filescavenger myself with good results) might work too.It's beyond the stage where either of these would help. The drive is stuffed - it didn't even run 30 mins before failing again, so it's highly unlikely it would complete either of these operations without failing partway through. Imaging would take waaaaay too long - you're better just to grab what you can, as fast as you can, starting with the stuff you consider most important. Prioritising is important here. The drive is not having problems finding its partition table, or if it is then that will be a secondary problem. A stuffed partition table does not cause the type of issue we've seen here. And once again, a recovery program would take far too long. |
Erayd (23) | ||
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