On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
I believe Sellam was cursing at a Maxtor drive a
couple months back, and
now I know why.
The 60GB ATA/133 DiamondStar in my Power Mac 7300 (connected through a
Sonnet Tempo Trio) this evening made several hiccup-like noises and the
computer froze up. On the next power cycle, it didn't spin up and just
sat there and clicked. I suspected stiction (well, I prayed it was
stiction) and tried reorienting it and a few gentle taps. On the next
power cycle, it didn't even click anymore and made occasional soft
grinding noises, and now it doesn't even do that.
EEEEEEEK! I'd better finish backing up my files. I keep telling myself I
need to get this done, but I'm such the procrastinator. I hear the hiccup
almost every night I am on my computer. It seems to happen at a set time
almost. Odd.
Any suggestions for ways to get it to spin up, one
last time? Anyone
know what happened? I thought it had been a power problem because it
made some sounds like this a few weeks ago and replacing the power cable
did seem to cure it, but I'm mystified as to why it would die so fast.
The drive was not especially hot and it has plenty of ventilation.
I believe you are hosed, my friend. If you had important data (and no
backup) your option will be to send it to a data recovery house and hope
for the best. If it's recoverable, you're looking at $700-$1200. If not,
you'll in the very least pay an examination fee of around $70.
Let me know if you need suggestions for a data recovery place. There is
one local that I have used several times, and they have a better than 50%
track record with being able to recover my data.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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