o1d_dude
'I battle gravity'
It died so hard, it does the Click-O-Death and Windows can't make heads or tails of it because it's identifying itself as a completely different model: Printed circuit board is probably toast. Hard drive in question is a Western Digital 160GB that had been in constant service for perhaps 8-10 years or so. I've heard that when the drive's circuit board goes, the unit is basically a doorstop with ~zero~ chance of recovery.
Haven't tried the freezer trick yet because there's nothing on it that I can't absolutely do without but there are things I'd like to have back.
Has anyone had any hard drive recovery experiences they would like to share.
FYI. I have already bought and installed a new WD Blue 160GB drive. Paid $37 for it from Amazon. It's a new old stock PATA drive rather than a more modern SATA unit.
I just did a quick tally and discovered I have 16 dead or idle PATA hard drives sitting in various unused computers, USB/Firewire external enclosures, packing envelopes, stacked on shelves, etc. ranging from 60GB through 1TB. Most are filled with live music recordings made by "field recording enthusiasts" at concerts. It's a sickness, I tell you, a sickness!
Haven't tried the freezer trick yet because there's nothing on it that I can't absolutely do without but there are things I'd like to have back.
Has anyone had any hard drive recovery experiences they would like to share.
FYI. I have already bought and installed a new WD Blue 160GB drive. Paid $37 for it from Amazon. It's a new old stock PATA drive rather than a more modern SATA unit.
I just did a quick tally and discovered I have 16 dead or idle PATA hard drives sitting in various unused computers, USB/Firewire external enclosures, packing envelopes, stacked on shelves, etc. ranging from 60GB through 1TB. Most are filled with live music recordings made by "field recording enthusiasts" at concerts. It's a sickness, I tell you, a sickness!