goddamit my hard drive died.

[dethman]

300gb of data dammit.

 

[stevty2889]

Freeze it in a block of solid ice and try it again before you say it's dead for sure..

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: stevty2889
Freeze it in a block of solid ice and try it again before you say it's dead for sure..

will do.

 

[stevty2889]

On a side note, you could try the freezer trick, if it's just a stuck head, it might actualy work long enough to get the data off, worked for me, and strange thing is the drive is still running.

 

[dethman]

yeah the bastard is in the freezer right now.

 

[Trey22]

Maxtor drive?

Yeah, freezer trick has worked for me in the past.

 

[JSFLY]

so whats the logic behind the frezer trick?

 

[dethman]

seagate 7200.8

 

[uclaChris]

how long did you have the drive for before it died?

 

[dethman]

only about 7 months or so.

 

[kitkat22]

warranty time, baby!!

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: JSFLY
so whats the logic behind the frezer trick?

Well when it worked for me I had a stuck head. Heat causes expansion, cold causes compression. Since everything is so close together in there, my guess is the compression caused by the cold was just enough to allow the stuck head to get free. That was ~9 months ago, I managed to recover all 80gb from my drive, but the strange part is that it's still working.

 

[furballi]

OHhhh...another dead Seagate 7200.8! I hope those units assembled in 2006 are okay. What are the symptoms?