16 Aug
2005
16 Aug
'05
9:29 a.m.
der Mouse wrote:
I see. Most of the time, when I need to recover the data from the drive
and it's a bearing problem, I don't bother doing it myself. Maybe
someone else has more experience with physical issues.
When I end up fixing a drive myself, the reason is usually blown
electronics, and the fix is usually fairly simple: I get my hands on
another identical drive (preferably one with lots of bad sectors, or
that has a seized bearing... I get them for free a lot of the time) and
I swap the drive electronics out.
Peace... Sridhar
>more to
gain experience on a throwaway device than to actually
>recover the drive.
So that when (if) I really need to, I'll have some idea what I'm doing.