From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sun Mar 18 2001 - 12:58:11 EST
on some HDD's, the head assembly will stick and not launch over the data
area..
i still have a 340meg notebook drive which this happend to..
i opened it, used a straightened paper clip to move the head assembly a tiny
bit, then powered up the drive using a cable..
i watched as it read and wrote data..
later i cut a clear plastic part to cover the HDA and used thin double side
tape to stick this window to the digital workings on the casting..
this old HDD still, on very rare occasions, works..
not long term, but the thing still reads and writes..
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James H. E. Maugham" <CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com>
To: "Patrick West" <francis_patrick_west_at_yahoo.com>; "Thinkpad List"
<THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 9:55 AM
Subject: RE: OT - Hard Drive Help!
> Patrick,
>
> Patrick West [mailto:francis_patrick_west_at_yahoo.com] wrote:
>
> > Open the drive case and manually spin the disk. Close case reboot.
> > Attempt to access the drive. If able to access it copy the needed data.
> > Shut down. Remove and toss drive into trash.
>
> I've done that in the past with drives that aren't spinning, but this one
is.
>
> I fear that all of my usual incantations and charms have failed me and the
drive
> is well and truly dead! ("I'm feeling much better.". "No you're not!"
THWACK!!)
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
>
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