Re: [Thinkpad] Trying to retreive data from dying Toshiba HDD

Yeah, thought of that, but this particular drive has an IDE plug, the t60
I'm running has SATA (as does the 2nd hdd ultrabay adapter).

Thanks for the input though

Dave
 

-----Original Message-----
From: thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org] On
Behalf Of Rob Bell
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 6:34 AM
To: David Reid
Cc: thinkpad@stderr.org
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Trying to retreive data from dying Toshiba HDD

You may have more luck working with the drive in the Ultrabay instead of
from an external USB adapter. The USB hookups always seem more finicky and
problematic than running a drive inside the unit.

The harsh reality though is that if it has gotten to that point you may not
get anything further off of it.

Rob

David Reid wrote:

> Greetins all,
>
> Usualy story, slightly off TP specific topic...
>
> I have a Toshiba hdd that is failing and would like to retrieve some
> data from it if possible.
>
> When I hook it up via USB adapter, the drive motor barely makes a
> sound, and one of a wound watch almost run down. ( in other words, the
> motor/disk atempts to spin, stops, trys again, stops trys again) as if
> it were in a bind. I first just loosened, then removed the drive
> caddy screws in hopes the caddy may have been in a bind but no joy.
>
> Any home remedy tips to try? No critical data, but would be nice to
> try and pull it off just the same.
>
> Thanks in advance
> David

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