On Tue, 2012-01-17 at 15:13 +0530, Yogesh Girikumar wrote: > Anecdote: I've had the same problem quite long ago and all hopes were > lost > of recovering anything from it. One of my friends jokingly tapped the > hard-disk against the wall saying "work, you piece of crap! work!". It > worked ! :) As a last ditch effort I tried attaching the disk and it > started spinning. We could recover only (atleast) some data. But I'd > recommend against trying anything of that sort before you have given > the > recovery service a shot..
another way to try is to seal it in a waterproof bag and freeze for 12 hours. Then thaw and try - make absolutely sure nothing inside gets wet. (this is not a joke) -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
