It sucks to lose a harddrive

[Fulmar]

Anyone that reads this thread and that doesn't have current back up copies of your stuff, do so immediately.  Especially photos, work documents etc.  With the amount of work and memories that you put into your computer, a failed hard drive (with no backups) is like having a fire come through your office.

Do not have just one type of media as a back up.  Have several copies, store some on the internet too.  External hard drives are not the answer IMO as well.  They're still prone to the physics and failures of a regular hard drive.  They're much more mobile and can be knocked over and spilled on more easily.

Make your back ups often and make duplicates and triplicates.  Recreate those back ups every so often.

[Sandman]

$50 a year for peace of mind.

http://carbonite.com/

[eagl]

AFTER you've tried everything else...  Put the HD in an external USB chassis, hook up the cables, and put the thing in the fridge with the cables sticking out.  Let it sit for a few hours to get nice and cold, and then plug it in.  See if it'll work when it's cold.

If that doesn't work, try the freezer.

No kidding, if you have nothing to lose sometimes the bearings and motors will work just long enough to copy off some data when they're really cold.

[Larry]

feel yr pain. My freshman year of college back in 1999, I roached a 500 mb drive. On that drive was 3 years worth of porn accumiated through a 14.4 and 28.8 baud modem. It was so tragic that my roomates and I got drunk, made a funeral pyre, and said our good byes to the beloved WD drive.

Now, my backup is simple. 2 cheap SATA drives inside a USB enclosure. Mirror them once a month.

I feel your pain.

[Shuffler]

AFTER you've tried everything else...  Put the HD in an external USB chassis, hook up the cables, and put the thing in the fridge with the cables sticking out.  Let it sit for a few hours to get nice and cold, and then plug it in.  See if it'll work when it's cold.

If that doesn't work, try the freezer.

No kidding, if you have nothing to lose sometimes the bearings and motors will work just long enough to copy off some data when they're really cold.

Yup..... but if it already spins up he can probably slave it.

[FiLtH]

   I may look into seeing if it can be salvaged. Even if it costs me a few bucks.


   Thanks Cpta ill check my email. Cant remember how much of it I sent ya

[zes]

You give these guys a try  http://www.gillware.com/

They are a complete data recovery outfit at reasonable prices.  I think you only pay if they DO recover the data.

I had a drive fail a few years ago and lost unthinkable amounts of work.  Turns out the heads scraped the drive platters beyond repair and didn't have to pay (sorry to say).


zes