Harddrive 'click of Death' Aka Home Harddrive Recovery

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This drive's platters were seized and would not spin up.

1- I carefully opened the cover, and powered up the drive.

2- I gave the platters a little twist and they spun up.

3- I quickly copied the data normally to another disk.

4- The drive died 90% thru copy process. 90% is pretty good.

5- don't try this at home unless you are ready to scrap your drive and lose all data. This is an absolute last resort.

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  4. Added :15-Mar-07
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  • I have also heard ...

    I have also heard hdd in the freezer will give it one last leg to backup, I havent tried it myself though to confirm it.

    By gryphen08 [Affiliate User] 1239850756
  • What is causing ...

    What is causing those jumps ? I think it can be repaired. In normal function fragmented disk make that niddle jumps but more stabile

    By adythekiller [Affiliate User] 1239347385
  • huh? no they don't. ...

    huh? no they don't. not at all. some drives go faster than 7200. aka WD Raptor HDD.

    By mnl1121 [Affiliate User] 1239045008
  • Drives do spin in ...

    Drives do spin in air. if you look at a HD, there is a 'breath hole' so the air can expand and contract when the temperature changes in the HD. the hole has a series of filters that filter the air because the air has to have NO foreign contaminants. Eg, dust

    By reditus2 [Affiliate User] 1238872442
  • how could they? in ...

    how could they? in fact they have an air hole for pressure balance cause they could break through overpressure if they hadnt...

    By Boeserwolf93 [Affiliate User] 1238502975
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