29 Dec
2004
29 Dec
'04
1:02 p.m.
9000 VAX wrote:
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:11:06 -0500, Bob Lafleur
<bob_lafleur(a)technologist.com> wrote:
First the caveat... YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY!
Two tricks:
Trick the first: smack it against your palm. Fairly forcefully.
Trick the second: Place it in the freezer for a couple of hours.
If either trick works, immediately transfer the data you need to another
drive. You may only get one chance.
Bonus trick: Data recovery services. If the data is really valuable.
Cost could easily be in the hundreds of dollars.
Jim
Is there a repository of information regarding
reviving old hard drives?
Specifically, I have a Seagate ST3390N in a Mac Iici that appeard not to
spin-up anymore. I'm wondering if there are any "tricks" that might get
this
drive running again? It's got my running copy of Opcode Vision on it, and
I've not found any newer MIDI sequencing software that runs on current
systems that I'm more comfortablr with... I'd love to get my Vision running
again!
If the circuit board is defective, you might want to find another
ST3390N and replace the circuit board. Other than that, I have no idea
how a hard drive could be repaired.
vax, 9000