Thanks all for the constructive input, all very valuable.
I ended up suggesting he get a quote from a couple local vendors and the
couple which were posted in response here. I did a pretty thorough
inspection of the drive and board, however, it is a case where the drive
spins up and makes noise, just not the good kind of noise. Also, not
the click-of-death exactly, just some problem with the heads, motor, or
something. So, I'm doubtful at this time of board issues, and sry to
mislead. Still, it never translates to a semi-readable device so all of
the software options are a no-go. If quotes aren't within reason and
he's ready for dire efforts I volunteered to do more of the mechanical
inspections involving taking the case apart, breaking seals and voiding
warrenties. I thought I'd leave it one step short of 'more-damanged'
while he priced out external recovery options. So, I'll keep all this
aside, and think it was great info in general for really recovering a
drive that is beyond software-readable. FYI, I have used this site in
the past, and again today as a neat resource:
http://www.datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php
I've actually matched failing drives to specific sounds on occasion
leaving me much more sure of exactly what the problem is. Even
otherwise it can give a pretty good guess. Thought I'd share it as
info.
- Joe
On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 18:40 +0000, Peter Cole wrote:
> I sent a drive in to Gillware (http://www.gillware.com/) a while back and was pretty happy with the results. With the academic discount, it cost a little over $600 out the door, as I recall.
>
>
> On May 18, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Joseph M. Deming wrote:
>
> > Are there any hard drive restoration services on campus. The
> > down-and-dirty kind involving clean-rooms and actual dismantling of
> > hardware? I suspect not, heck of a delicate and technical service, but
> > I am about to recommend something to a user who forgot to do their
> > backup, and I'm afraid he's not going to like the costs involved. Any
> > suggestions, on-campus or good experiences elsewhere are welcome.
> >
> > To be clear, this involves hardware that will not spin up.
> >
> > I feel this has been asked before, but I searched the archive and failed
> > to find anything... sry =( Found 'Data Recovery Service' from 11/08 and
> > entertaining discussion on Freezing, Dropping and Hitting hard drive
> > with mallet, but no useful names or places of businesses still in
> > operation.
> >
> > - Joe
>
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