If it's hot to the touch, wait for it to cool & try again to backup the
data.
rls wrote:
For the condition you describe - you would have to send it back to a service
that would actually remove the platters and install them in another drive
casing. The cost for that would be steep and probably a
o:hardware-
"[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden
"Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:26 PM
"To: hwg
"Subject: [H] Hard Drive Failure
"
" I came home after I was away for a few days to find a SATA HD in one
"of my PCs not responding. On reboot the B
I came home after I was away for a few days to find a SATA HD in one
of my PCs not responding. On reboot the BIOS hangs trying to find the
drives and then eventually gives up and doesn't detect it.
When I got the case open I knew it was bad. It makes a clicking sound
repeating every couple sec
