Posted by Neredbojias on 01/18/07 17:49

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:25:46 GMT Jonathan N. Little scribed:

> Neredbojias wrote:
>> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:09:35 GMT Jonathan N. Little scribed:
>>
> <snip>
>> Yup, the ol' HD went, and maybe (an)other thing(s) as well. I'll
>> know more when I get into fixin' it (which will be when I procure
>> another HD.)
>>
>
> Lose the controller or did you just muck up the MBR or OS portion,
> i.e., can you access at least parts when slaved to get your data off
> of it.

I probably could have retrieved the data but when I tried the ol' "HP
Recovery" shtick, that really did it. Most of this data was old and, shall
we say, over-familiar, so I thought I'd give it a shot despite my serious
and, as it turned out, justified misgivings. However, life goes on and man
does not live by megabytes alone.

> If it is the controller. I have done this trick that sometimes works
> (but only once). Put HD in a ziplock bag with some of those "do not
> eat" silica bags. Remove as much air as possible. Pit in the freezer.
> Chill thoroughly. Take out and add as slave to a good drive on a
> system, then start transferring as fast as you can before the drive
> warms up. I read it somewhere and have tries it a couple of times with
> success. But when I did it, we had nothing to lose! ;-)

I dunno. I tried that with my wife one time and she still didn't warm
up...

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Neredbojias
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