Re: Hard Drive Recovery

2012-11-13 Thread Eric Cope 
It's out of a Mac book pro. Apple swapped in a new drive, but the genius bar 
was not so inclined to pursue data recovery. If you don't mind, the list of 
data recovery places would be appreciated. 

Thanks,
Eric

On Nov 13, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Eric Oyen  wrote:

> there are several such firms. last time I checked, they wanted an average of 
> slightly more than $1,000 for basic drive recovery. Is that drive still under 
> warrantee? If so, then WD should be able to help. if not, I may have to dig 
> into my old history files and dig up the names of 3 differing firms that gave 
> me quotes.
> 
> -eric
> 
> On Nov 12, 2012, at 11:34 PM,  wanted an average of slightlCope wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> I have a Western Digital 2.5" hard drive that spins up, but makes a terrible 
>> clicking sound at approximately 1Hz. The clicking is bad enough you can feel 
>> it when holding the drive. I did some reading on line, and its beyond my 
>> skillset. Does anyone know if affordable drive recovery? The data on this 
>> disk is not worth thousands, but may be worth 100s. 
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Eric
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Re: Hard Drive Recovery

2012-11-13 Thread Eric Oyen 
there are several such firms. last time I checked, they wanted an average of 
slightly more than $1,000 for basic drive recovery. Is that drive still under 
warrantee? If so, then WD should be able to help. if not, I may have to dig 
into my old history files and dig up the names of 3 differing firms that gave 
me quotes.

-eric

On Nov 12, 2012, at 11:34 PM,  wanted an average of slightlCope wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have a Western Digital 2.5" hard drive that spins up, but makes a terrible 
> clicking sound at approximately 1Hz. The clicking is bad enough you can feel 
> it when holding the drive. I did some reading on line, and its beyond my 
> skillset. Does anyone know if affordable drive recovery? The data on this 
> disk is not worth thousands, but may be worth 100s. 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Eric
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Re: Hard Drive Recovery

2012-11-13 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com 
Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't... 


I have 'waken up' unresponsive HD by gently tapping them sideways.
It seems like the arm 'sticks', and I just bump them vertically against a 
surface and SOMETIMES work...

Sometimes.
YMMV.
ET 




Michael Havens writes: 


You are a comedian too! I have some drives I tried this with but it didn't
work; I have a different situation, the drives were out in a shed for about
a year is there any hope?
:-)~MIKE~(-: 



On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:11 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com <
kitepi...@kitepilot.com> wrote: 


This is what I've done in the past:
Seal the HD inside a plastic bag in the driest environment you can find.
Leave it overnite in the freezer (there are other opinions, I'm just
stating what/how has worked for me)
Have a puter ready and much better if you can hot-plug the thing.
Have enough space for the FULL drive and get ddrescue or dd-rescue (they
*ARE* different, and I have to research it every time).
Lite candles, do your prayers, find you a goat to sacrifice, pull the HD
out of the plastic bag, wrap it in paper towel in case you get some
condensation and go for it.  Sometimes I keep it super-cool wrapped around
some of those freezing gels.  I have never used dry ice but I have thought
about it.  The explanation has to do with some internal tolerances being
reduced to the point that it temporarily functions.  I try to disturb the
drive as little as possible during the copy.  All this may be just VooDoo
and sorcery, but again, it has worked for me.
YMMV...
ET
PS: Free advice, can't sue me...   :) 



Eric Cope writes: 


Hi all,
I have a Western Digital 2.5" hard drive that spins up, but makes a
terrible clicking sound at approximately 1Hz. The clicking is bad enough
you can feel it when holding the drive. I did some reading on line, and
its
beyond my skillset. Does anyone know if affordable drive recovery? The
data
on this disk is not worth thousands, but may be worth 100s.
Thanks in advance,
Eric 


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Re: Hard Drive Recovery

2012-11-13 Thread Michael Havens 
You are a comedian too! I have some drives I tried this with but it didn't
work; I have a different situation, the drives were out in a shed for about
a year is there any hope?
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:11 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com <
kitepi...@kitepilot.com> wrote:

> This is what I've done in the past:
> Seal the HD inside a plastic bag in the driest environment you can find.
> Leave it overnite in the freezer (there are other opinions, I'm just
> stating what/how has worked for me)
> Have a puter ready and much better if you can hot-plug the thing.
> Have enough space for the FULL drive and get ddrescue or dd-rescue (they
> *ARE* different, and I have to research it every time).
> Lite candles, do your prayers, find you a goat to sacrifice, pull the HD
> out of the plastic bag, wrap it in paper towel in case you get some
> condensation and go for it.  Sometimes I keep it super-cool wrapped around
> some of those freezing gels.  I have never used dry ice but I have thought
> about it.  The explanation has to do with some internal tolerances being
> reduced to the point that it temporarily functions.  I try to disturb the
> drive as little as possible during the copy.  All this may be just VooDoo
> and sorcery, but again, it has worked for me.
> YMMV...
> ET
> PS: Free advice, can't sue me...   :)
>
>
> Eric Cope writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I have a Western Digital 2.5" hard drive that spins up, but makes a
>> terrible clicking sound at approximately 1Hz. The clicking is bad enough
>> you can feel it when holding the drive. I did some reading on line, and
>> its
>> beyond my skillset. Does anyone know if affordable drive recovery? The
>> data
>> on this disk is not worth thousands, but may be worth 100s.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Eric
>>
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Re: Hard Drive Recovery

2012-11-13 Thread Stephen 
If you add silica packets or uncooked rice to the bag they will absorb
moisture. As for pro recovery it's pricey. Data doctors is one of the few
places I know locally that does recovery (drive platter transplant ect)
On Nov 13, 2012 5:11 AM, "kitepi...@kitepilot.com" 
wrote:

> This is what I've done in the past:
> Seal the HD inside a plastic bag in the driest environment you can find.
> Leave it overnite in the freezer (there are other opinions, I'm just
> stating what/how has worked for me)
> Have a puter ready and much better if you can hot-plug the thing.
> Have enough space for the FULL drive and get ddrescue or dd-rescue (they
> *ARE* different, and I have to research it every time).
> Lite candles, do your prayers, find you a goat to sacrifice, pull the HD
> out of the plastic bag, wrap it in paper towel in case you get some
> condensation and go for it.  Sometimes I keep it super-cool wrapped around
> some of those freezing gels.  I have never used dry ice but I have thought
> about it.  The explanation has to do with some internal tolerances being
> reduced to the point that it temporarily functions.  I try to disturb the
> drive as little as possible during the copy.  All this may be just VooDoo
> and sorcery, but again, it has worked for me.
> YMMV...
> ET
> PS: Free advice, can't sue me...   :)
>
>
> Eric Cope writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I have a Western Digital 2.5" hard drive that spins up, but makes a
>> terrible clicking sound at approximately 1Hz. The clicking is bad enough
>> you can feel it when holding the drive. I did some reading on line, and
>> its
>> beyond my skillset. Does anyone know if affordable drive recovery? The
>> data
>> on this disk is not worth thousands, but may be worth 100s.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Eric
>>
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Re: Hard Drive Recovery

2012-11-13 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com 

This is what I've done in the past:
Seal the HD inside a plastic bag in the driest environment you can find.
Leave it overnite in the freezer (there are other opinions, I'm just stating 
what/how has worked for me)
Have a puter ready and much better if you can hot-plug the thing. 

Have enough space for the FULL drive and get ddrescue or dd-rescue (they 
*ARE* different, and I have to research it every time). 

Lite candles, do your prayers, find you a goat to sacrifice, pull the HD out 
of the plastic bag, wrap it in paper towel in case you get some condensation 
and go for it.  Sometimes I keep it super-cool wrapped around some of those 
freezing gels.  I have never used dry ice but I have thought about it.  The 
explanation has to do with some internal tolerances being reduced to the 
point that it temporarily functions.  I try to disturb the drive as little 
as possible during the copy.  All this may be just VooDoo and sorcery, but 
again, it has worked for me.

YMMV...
ET 

PS: Free advice, can't sue me...   :) 




Eric Cope writes: 


Hi all,
I have a Western Digital 2.5" hard drive that spins up, but makes a
terrible clicking sound at approximately 1Hz. The clicking is bad enough
you can feel it when holding the drive. I did some reading on line, and its
beyond my skillset. Does anyone know if affordable drive recovery? The data
on this disk is not worth thousands, but may be worth 100s. 


Thanks in advance,
Eric

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Hard Drive Recovery

2012-11-12 Thread Eric Cope 
Hi all,
I have a Western Digital 2.5" hard drive that spins up, but makes a
terrible clicking sound at approximately 1Hz. The clicking is bad enough
you can feel it when holding the drive. I did some reading on line, and its
beyond my skillset. Does anyone know if affordable drive recovery? The data
on this disk is not worth thousands, but may be worth 100s.

Thanks in advance,
Eric
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