Comments on: When Harddrives commit suicide http://www.paradoxdruid.com/archives/41 Yet Another Community Weblog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ShortSpeedFreak http://www.paradoxdruid.com/archives/41/comment-page-1#comment-195 ShortSpeedFreak Sun, 05 Sep 2004 12:18:00 +0000 #comment-195 And now the poor fool, the poor Gilvoro, is busy reformatting my computer while I sit here and happily tap away at his keyboard. I really hope it's not as evil as it was the last time I had to have it done . . . And now the poor fool, the poor Gilvoro, is busy reformatting my computer while I sit here and happily tap away at his keyboard. I really hope it’s not as evil as it was the last time I had to have it done . . .

]]> By: Paradoxdruid http://www.paradoxdruid.com/archives/41/comment-page-1#comment-194 Paradoxdruid Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:07:00 +0000 #comment-194 ( shakes head ) Forgot to read the rest of your post before I blithely posted, but at least part of what i said was valid-- get a Knoppix disk from Stephen and see if you can recover the files before you do anything to the drive. ( shakes head ) Forgot to read the rest of your post before I blithely posted, but at least part of what i said was valid– get a Knoppix disk from Stephen and see if you can recover the files before you do anything to the drive.

]]> By: Paradoxdruid http://www.paradoxdruid.com/archives/41/comment-page-1#comment-193 Paradoxdruid Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:05:00 +0000 #comment-193 My computer has done this a few times, and it's not always due to an actual hard drive failure. First, turn off your computer, open up the case, and shoot a LOT of compressed air in there, specifically around the hard drive region. Supposedly they're sealed, but... Next, kind of "jiggle" your computer case around, lightly. Then, try to boot up and access it again. If that doesn't work, ask Stephen for a Knoppix disk. Even if windows won't recognize it, the data may still be there, waiting to be accessed. ...On a side-note, this was your back-up hard drive. Is it still under warranty? Most hard drives come with a 1 to 2 year warranty from the manufacturer. My computer has done this a few times, and it’s not always due to an actual hard drive failure.

First, turn off your computer, open up the case, and shoot a LOT of compressed air in there, specifically around the hard drive region. Supposedly they’re sealed, but… Next, kind of “jiggle” your computer case around, lightly. Then, try to boot up and access it again.

If that doesn’t work, ask Stephen for a Knoppix disk. Even if windows won’t recognize it, the data may still be there, waiting to be accessed.

…On a side-note, this was your back-up hard drive. Is it still under warranty? Most hard drives come with a 1 to 2 year warranty from the manufacturer.

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