[Herefordshire] hard disk problems

[Malcolm Herbert]

thanks for all the advice, I am just on my second beer of the evening
and will be putting it in the freezer in a while, for 20 minutes. 
Nothing else has worked today so why not. 

Malcolm


On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 11:32, Mark Broadbent wrote:
> Hi Malcolm,
> 
> Malcolm Herbert wrote:
> > got a problem with an 80GB laptop drive, on which I think the heads are
> > stuck. Its got some sensitive (business) information on it, which means
> > I can't send it off for recovery, 
> > 
> > has know of anyone who has the tools etc to open it up ? so that I can
> > see if the heads free up or indeed smash the platters, 
> 
> I can almost guarantee opening the disk up won't get you any further in 
> recovering the data (I've seen people try and fail).  You could try 
> giving the disk a sharp knock (when it's out of the laptop) to free the 
> head up but this may damage the disk in other ways.
> 
> As for destroying the disk, I'd go for crushing.  End up, underneath a 
> paving slab and drive a car over. ;-)
> 
> Thanks
> Mark
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