[plug] Dead hdd

Richard Meyer meyerri at au1.ibm.com
Fri May 14 09:42:09 WST 2004






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>Be very sure that it's not a power problem.. Check the voltages at the
>plug etc... Lest when you pull the drive apart you will feel a
goose..8^)==

Sometimes, you can get a drive working again by cooling it down
considerably - then plug it ina and copy your data off double quick.

Try putting it in the fridge for a while.

Otherwise it'd probably be best to take it to the pro's.

RichardM




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