[Herefordshire] hard disk problems

[Phil Taylor]

Taking of Hard drives - my last windows machine (My music & accounts 
server) has died after power cut last night (Thunder etc)

So.... reinstalling windows all night :-( 

Darn Quickbooks! Thats all I need windows for now - my last application 
which I am forced to use because my accountant does....



Malcolm Herbert wrote:

>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:
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>
>>Hi Malcolm,
>>
>>Malcolm Herbert wrote:
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>>>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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