Hi Leslie,
hard drives very commonly won't spin up. if you can get them to spin up
then they tend to allow you to get all the data off.
The way to get it to spin up is to remove it from the computer, attach
the cables, turn on the computer and rotate the drive in your hand in
the same direction (back and forth) as the platters spin. (don't bash
the disk but be gentle)
This frees up the disks and they start spinning. I've had very many
times of spinning up disks like this that have failed and have got all
the data off.
You can get accessory USB to SATA or IDE cables and mount the disk as a
USB drive. These cost in the range of $10-$20 and worth a shot rather
than $$$s for professional data recovery. Not sure about SCSI.
So try getting the disk to spin first.
Ben
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My two-week-old sole hard drive has failed.
I know this is more than a software thing, because the drive's not found
either during boot-up or by fdisk. The clincher is that it keeps making a
sound like the sound that you hear from someone's iPod earphones when you're
sitting next to them!
I believe that there are places that recover data from dead hard drives.
Could anyone tell me the name of any reputable places in Sydney that do such
a thing? Is the process expensive? Would it matter that the data was created
using Linux?
I'd be grateful for any pointers.
Thanks for reading this.
Leslie
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