[mythtv-users] Lost my OS hard drive

[David Hawke]

Ian Clark wrote:
>
>
> 2009/9/14 Brian Wood <beww at beww.org <mailto:beww at beww.org>>
>
>     On Monday 14 September 2009 12:16:48 James Crow wrote:
>     > Brian Wood wrote:
>     [snip]
>
>     Sounds like you have tried all the usual methods and come up empty.
>
>     I hadn't heard the freezer trick, I have heard of "gently" tapping
>     on the
>     drive case, but I never put much stock in that.
>
> That's a trick from the 'old days', I remember we used to use it at my 
> school occasionally, the computer rooms was powered up most of the day 
> then shut off at night, occasionally one of the drives would refuse to 
> spin up and a gentle tap with the (rubberised) handle of a screwdriver 
> would fix it. This was in the mid 90s though, I imagine modern 
> lubricants don't suffer the same issues (The lubricant would clump at 
> the ends of the spindles over time, then the slight viscosity increase 
> when it cooled was enough to overcome the inital startup force.)
>
That normally wasn't lubricant - it was often static - known as stiction 
in older drives, and requiring precussive maintenance to resolve ;-)

David H

> However, that was a trick to spin up a drive that wouldn't, clicking 
> sounds more permanent. :(
>
> You're best bet is probably a specialised data recovery firm, as the 
> HDs contents are probably OK it might not be toooo expensive.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
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