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| Western Digital hard drive data recovery | | 2008-07-03 08:40:33 | | A friend of mine found this company which does data recovery for western digital. It looks like a great deal. Flat rate recovery based on the size of your hard drive. No data no charge guarantee. The price includes an external drive and turn around is within a couple of weeks. So that recovery quote you got for $2000 would be $1195. That's a pretty good deal if you ask me.
Plus if your drive is | | By: Save My Data! | | |
| | | Installing Fedora from the hard drive (without a boot CD). | | 2008-06-11 01:30:00 | | Download the DVD ISO :
Get the Fedora Core DVD iso from http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora and save the disk image to a partition on your hard drive that will not be formatted during the installation.
If you have a FAT32 partition that you use to share data with Windows on a dual boot system like mine then this is an ideal place. Otherwise any Linux partition (ext2, ext3) will do as long
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| Hard Drive Recovery | | 2008-06-10 11:49:03 | | According to the University of Texas statistics, with the entire hard drive disasters, only 6 percent of the companies will survive, 43 percent will be dead-alive while another 51 percent will be closed within two years. It’s no doubt that data is very critical to any commercial organizations.
However, what should we do if we [...]
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| | Seagate Plans to Release Enterprise SSDs and 2TB Hard Drive for Next Year | | 2008-06-06 01:30:54 | | Seagate CEO Bill Watkins, outlined yesterday that his company won’t release any solid state drives until next year. “SSDs are not price-competitive yet,” Watkins said. First Seagate SSDs will start to appear as late as next year, and target only enterprise market. Seagate has no plans to release SSD drives for consumers because of the [...] | | By: All About Share | | |
| | External Hard Drive Recovery | | 2008-05-25 03:15:47 | | You can store your computer data in several different ways. Data can be stored on removable disks, hard drives, CDs, DVDs, and other types of media. Even though there are several ways that you can store your data, at some point in time the electronic or mechanical device is bound to break down, resulting in a loss of data. Even though the device may work good for years, it can always break down when you least expect it, with no way to avoid it.Hard drives are the most common way to store data, although they are mechanical devices and can break down or crash at any time. When they crash, you’ll normally lose all of your data, which can put you in quite a bind. To be on the safe side and keep yourself protected, you should always have a backup plan, such as an external hard drive.An external hard drive is very handy to have around. You can store any type of file on it, including music and pictures. Most people use them for videos, as they can store a lot of videos. You can get | | By: internet executive log | | |
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| | Hard Drive (HDD) | | 2008-05-22 11:06:32 | | A hard disk drive (HDD), commonly referred to as a Hard Drives, Hard Disk, fixed disk drive or Hard Disk Drive, is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces. Strictly speaking, "drive" refers to a device distinct from its medium, such as a tape drive and its tape, or a floppy disk drive and its floppy disk. Early HDDs | | By: Latest Info | | |
| | Elegant External Hard Drive | | 2008-05-15 20:45:00 | | My husband and I do not know what to do of our travel pictures as we have thousands of them and they stored in our computer and we are running out of space of our computer. One time, we got an idea that we need an external hard drive and bought one to store all our photos. I am glad we bought elegant external hard drive, reminiscent of a book which is a great solution if you are running out of space of your computer, it is also easy to use and easy to install because you will just plug it in and ready to use and put all your documents or any files that you wanted like music files, pictures or any digital documents. If you wanted to know about it and if are looking an external hard drive, you should buy now by clicking the link that I provide above. | | By: My Trails In Life | | |
| | Most hard drive manufacturer utilities are useless | | 2008-05-13 12:23:23 | | So what do they do? Well they do something, just nothing useful. If the utility runs on your drive, it's going to tell you A] the drive has logical problems or B] the drive fails every test. Either way, if you're even using the tool, you don't have the software to do it yourself or the know-how. You're going to end up taking it to some computer place anyways. Why risk messing with the drive | | By: Save My Data! | | |
| | Cheaper Micro Hard Drive Mobile Storage Device | | 2008-05-08 18:43:39 | | Do you find large capacity flash drives too pricey for you? It’s not a surprise as an 8GB flash drive could cost you about $100. How about a cheaper alternative small drive? A cheaper alternative is available with Micro Hard Drive technology! It works just like an external hard drive. Drag & drop your files to the drive on Windows or Vista. The device uses the same super fast USB 2.0 like normal flash drives. One can be bought online for about $30 from Worldstart.com with yes, of course, free shipping within the US! Why pay more when you have an alternative device that functions the same? Buy yours today! | | By: internet executive log | | |
| | Is my hard drive going bad? | | 2008-05-08 06:05:00 | | A PC hard drive is probably one of the most important parts of a computer. Basically, it is responsible for the physical storage of information which it does by way of magnetic disks. Here are 3 ways hard drives fail:1) Normal wear and tear are possible due to the moving parts needed to retrieve the data on the hard drive. Data is constantly being transferred to and from locations so eventually, disk parts are bound to die.2) Power surges among other electrical related issues can cause a hard drive to fail.3) Logical disk errors such as software corruption, unexpected OS failures or computer viruses. This could also include the accidental formatting of a drive or deleting files without a current backup.Usually, physical drive errors can not be fixed at home and will probably require a disk recovery utility from some well known company that specializes in data recovery. Hard drive recovery is possible because the data continues to exist on the hard disk even after it is deleted. Unless | | By: RChase Computer Consulting | | |
| | Avoiding Hard Drive Overheating | | 2008-05-06 21:15:59 | | One way to avoid the hard drive overheating is to provide adequate cooling of your computer. Additional fans & coolers are priced low to easily be added to your computer system. You may also want to go with the more efficient pricier liquid cooled computer cooling system too. The air flow & the ventilation inside your computer are enhanced, keeping the hard drive cool & performing at its best!Diagnostics software can also help you monitor your computer system including the hard drive temperature. You may have probably experienced your computer suddenly crash while you are using it. Well, switch off the computer & start cleaning the dust off the fans, heat sinks, & hard drive too! Accumulating dust will assist heat retention & also block airflow & ventilation. You’ll see your computer running normally once its innards are dusted off! | | By: internet executive log | | |
| | Forget about Cracking Open a Hard Drive to Recover Data | | 2008-05-04 08:54:31 | | Perhaps you are the type of person who built your own pc by buying separate pc components & then assembling the plug n play pieces on your own. One day, hopefully it does not happen to you; under some bizarre circumstance, your hard disk just runs dead. You ponder about recovering your data & perhaps opening up your computer’s hard disk. Worse, you think that you can take it apart & rebuild it. Sorry to sound pessimistic but it’s really not something that a non hard drive specialist would do; cracking open a hard drive.Forget about it! *chuckle* Inside the hard drive, there are many small & fragile components. Unless you work at the hard disk company & have access to a laboratory of sorts, then you may as well have a go at it although it would probably be a lot easier to send your hard disk to the data recovery specialist. The platters in the hard disk contain a layer of magnetized material. The layer is fragile, sensitive to debris & finger prints. Your hom | | By: internet executive log | | |
| | Hard Drive Parts Prone to Overheating | | 2008-05-02 16:40:36 | | The platters of the hard drive or hard disk (by the way, both are the same thing) is the main area that suffers from overheating. The platters are where the data flows in, out, & stored. Magnetic material that covers the platters will be destroyed as the expansion of the glass, aluminum, ceramic, or whatever else the base material for the platters due to overheating. Once the magnetic material is gone, so is the data. It is why you see unreadable sectors or damaged sectors on your computer’s hard drive during diagnostics.The hard drive has many other parts that can easily be damaged due to overheating. They include the controller chip, read & write heads, & head actuator. Any damage imposed on them by overheating will result in the hard drive to cease functioning properly. For example, without the read & write heads able to make contact with the magnetic material, data cannot be written or read hence defeating the function of storing data on the hard drive. | | By: internet executive log | | |
| | Temperature of Hard Drive is Important | | 2008-05-02 16:15:29 | | Nowadays, it is ideal to store one’s business documents, family photos, & etc on computers. Many things are done digitally today hence storing data digitally makes simple sense too! The computer’s hard disk a.k.a. hard drive is perhaps the most popular way for a person to store data. People switch on the computer & the hard disk welcomes any data that the person wants stored in it. The hard disk is a dependable piece of computer hardware. However, there are cases; resulting from electrical surges, virus attacks, or hardware malfunction, & etc that could render the hard disk unusable & the data; on the normal sense, unrecoverable.The most common cause of hard disk failure is overheating. The present day hard disk runs at 7,200 & 10,000 RPM so they become hot when they work. Fans & temperature sensors help maintain the heat of the hard disk to acceptable levels. Soaring above 20c or about 70 fahrenheit, which 10,000 RPM hard disks can easily reach, the mechani | | By: internet executive log | | |
| | Crash? No I said Crush your hard drive | | 2008-05-02 15:14:55 | | Worried about data security? Instead of "securely wiping" old drives and throwing them out. Crush them. That's right, "crush". Use this handy little tool and prevent your data from falling into the wrong hands. | | By: Save My Data! | | |
| | | | | How to Buy Hard Drive | | 2008-04-19 13:40:22 | | Hard drive is one of the most critical component of your computer that stores your operating system, programs, and data. Buying the most appropriate Hard Drive for your system is an important decision.
Before shopping for a hard drive, you must first know why do you need a hard drive and how would you use it.
If [...] | | By: OnTechNews.Com - Tech News, Reviews, Guide To PC S | | |
| | Verbatim 2.5" Portable USB Hard Drive | | 2008-04-06 03:48:00 | | Verbatim have recently launched a new line of portable hard drives featuring a stylish new design and a choice of USB or USB/Firewire interface. This palm sized portable hard drive is available in capacities of 120GB, 160GB, 250GB and 320GB.The Verbatim 2.5" Portable Hard Drive has been designed to make file storage, backup and file sharing a fast and simple task. Once connected to a computer, the portable HD can be accessed like a standard computer hard drive and files can be conveniently dragged and dropped into the drive.This drive runs at 5400 rpm and supports data transfer rates of up to 480MB/s for USB2.0 and 400MB/s for Firewire.Both PC and Mac operating systems are supported by the Verbatim portable hard drive. Additionally, the Time Machine backup feature of the Leopard Mac OS X from Apple is also supported. | | By: USB Insight | | |
| | Singing the Hard Drive Blues… | | 2008-03-30 05:27:06 | | I have not posted in quite a while since things have been kind of crazy here. I got back from a big show in Honolulu (Honolulu Festival), Brian had a colleague in town, and then his parents came for a visit. Now, I have several shows (Merrie Monarch et al) coming up this week through [...] | | By: Pigonastick! | | |
| | Hard drive thief gets 42 months | | 2008-03-27 11:43:11 | | A former programmer at Birmingham, Ala.-based Compass Bank who stole a hard drive containing one million customer records and used some of that information to commit debit-card fraud was sentenced last week to 42 months in prison by an Alabama District Court judge.
James Kevin Real was also ordered to pay back the more than $32,000 that he and accomplice Laray Byrd fraudulently withdrew from | | By: Save My Data! | | |
| | New ExTernal Hard Drive From Your PC’s Old InTernal One | | 2008-03-25 00:04:59 | | Perhaps you have an old hard drive that still work fine but the rest of the PC is busted. I can tell you that it can still be used as your back up external hard drive! How, you say? Well, what you need is a USB Cable Adapter. You can take out the old unused SATA/IDE hard drive from your busted PC, place it on your desk & hook it up to your functioning PC using the adapter via USB.Presto! You have a back-up external hard disk! Why would you want to spend $270 for a pretty looking 500GB external hard drive when you can buy the SATA/IDE USB Cable Adapter online at Worldstart for only about $20 plus free shipping in the US? Unless, of course, that you do not own an old internal hard drive in the first place. | | By: internet executive log | | |
| | | Hard drive gone bad | | 2008-03-11 19:04:47 | | The most common problems originate rom corruption of the master boot record, FAT, or directory. Those are soft problems which can usually be taken care of ith a combination of tools like fdisk /mbr to refresh the
master boot record followed by a reboot and Norton disk doctor, The most common hardware problems are a bad [...]
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| | | Worst hard drive crash | | 2008-02-28 12:19:34 | | Ever seen inside of a drive that's had a head crash? Hopefully it looks nothing like this.
Symptoms leading up to this should raise alarms. If you hear noises from your hard drive turn it off. That clicking or grinding isn't going away. Running a software scan overnight or for 7 days straight would probably lead to this.
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=622101
All of that "dust" | | By: Save My Data! | | |
| | Western Digital My Passport 320GB USB Hard Drive | | 2008-02-12 05:25:00 | | The new My Passport Essential 320GB USB Hard Drives from Western Digital feature a sleek new glossy black finish and will easily fit in your pocket or the palm of your hand. These devices are light weight (105g) and USB powered making them highly portable drives.The My Passport Essential drives come equipped with sync and encryption software (Windows only) to provide security for the many files that may be stored on the 320GB disk. WD Sync software allows consumers to take desktop content with them by simplifying the sychronisation of personal files and Microsoft Outlook data. Data on the drive is protected with 128-bit encryption. Google software is also included on the drive to let users quickly find files with the Google Desktop Search tool and manage photos with Picasa photo organiser.No installation is required for the WD My Passport 320GB Hard Drives - they are ready to use from the moment they are plugged in. Compatibility is provided for Windows and Mac computers although the 1 | | By: USB Insight | | |
| | STYSEN E08 RFID External hard drive kit | | 2008-01-20 14:14:00 | | Stysen have released the E08 external hard drive kit, a 2.5 inch hard drive housing featuring high speed USB 2.0 and RFID key recognition for increased security.If you're frequently concerned about how secure your external hard drive data is, then why not lock it up with RFID? This is certainly one of the more secure methods that I can think of. The E08 comes with two RFID sensor keys that should both be activated when you use the drive for the first time. The drive is locked or unlocked by bringing the RFID keys within close proximity to an RFID sensor on drive housing.So what happens if you lose both RFID keys? Your data will probably be locked away for ever as the Stysen documentation says that they can't provide a third key and if the enclosure is removed from the disk it will re-format itself, erasing all your data. Perhaps a good idea would be to store the second key in a safe deposit box for peace of mind!Specifications:- Interface: Internal: SATA HDD, | | By: USB Insight | | |
| | New Year: clean out your hard drive | | 2008-01-10 08:49:55 | | Already a week and half into the new year! Hard to believe. I've decided to go through my hard drive and clean it up. Seems like a good idea to start fresh. First: back up my data. Next sort through all of the crap. Once I find a file that is a candidate for deletion, I check to see if the file on my back up opens and is the same content. Once it clears, I hit the delete key. Nothing like getting | | By: Save My Data! | | |
| | What is a hard drive crash? | | 2008-01-09 09:02:00 | | When a hard disk stops performing normally due to a malfunction, it results in a hard disk crash. A hard disk crash can make the data inaccessible to the user. Hard disks crashes can be severe or moderate. Since hard drives consist of extremely delicate internal components including complicated circuit boards, the problems related to hard disk crash mostly need to rectified using professional data recovery services.You will know that your hard disk has crashed when you hear a clicking sound from the hard disk or if you receive an error message saying that the hard disk is undetectable. There are also times when your computer screen will suddenly turn blank.How can a Hard Disk Crash?Much as we would like to appreciate and think of a hard disk as an invincible device, a hard disk is prone to damage like any other electronic device. Hard disks can fail anytime during the normal course of computer usage.Whereas some users experience a hard disk failure without doing anything out of ordinary, there are others who like to ask for trouble. Hard disks can crash very easily when they are subjected to a sharp impact. Therefore, if you have been careless enough to drop your laptop, prepare yourself to bear the brunt of the pain you may have caused your hard drive in the process.Hard disks can also crash when exposed to heat, humid temperature, water, or high magnetic waves. (link) | | By: FAQ Guru | | |
| | Hard Drive Sweeper | | 2008-01-07 13:03:00 | | Recently, I admitted to a friend that blogging has been such an addictive habit that I felt a little empty after I had to leave the house and not be in front of my PC. A stunning admission even to myself. Like me, more and more people in this country is getting hooked not only in blogging but also just plain surfing the net, chatting online and downloading free stuff. All of these habits present a vulnerability to spying. These times with the advent of new computer-use tracking technology, every little thing one does on a PC is tracked by some software especially design to do tracking even operating systems can track files accessed and browsing history. Surprisingly, deleting history and deleting files does not eliminate the vulnerability.For those especially conscious about keeping their private history private, it takes a specialized software to get things done. A hard drive cleaner like Evidence Blaster can enable users to delete traceable history permanently and relieves them of any worries. This is especially useful here in this country for internet cafe owners where people come in and out to use their services every time. For those interested in finding out more about this hard drive cleaner, check out http://www.evidence-blaster.com now.
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| | USB hard drive enclosure features touch screen and pin security for data protection! | | 2007-12-16 08:51:00 | | We’ll always need better security for our data. Flash drive or portable hard drive comes with conventional pin security is definitely something that we love. Besides the Corsair Flash Padlock, the ezSECU ez850 portable hard drive is another storage device that takes extra security measure for your data, by incorporating an LCD touchscreen that is meant for you to password protect your data. The | | By: Millennium Lifestyles | | |
| | Hard drive checklist | | 2007-12-11 15:20:42 | | Found this great post about a failed hard drive checklist. Just a few things you need to do to determine what kind of failure you have one your hands.
source data recovery weebly | | By: Save My Data! | | |
| | What's in a hard drive? | | 2007-12-11 11:32:00 | | Hard disks were invented in the 1950s. They started as large disks up to 20 inches in diameter holding just a few megabytes. They were originally called "fixed disks" or "Winchesters" (a code name used for a popular IBM product). They later became known as "hard disks" to distinguish them from "floppy disks." Hard disks have a hard platter that holds the magnetic medium, as opposed to the flexible plastic film found in tapes and floppies.At the simplest level, a hard disk is not that different from a cassette tape. Both hard disks and cassette tapes use the same magnetic recording techniques described in How Tape Recorders Work. Hard disks and cassette tapes also share the major benefits of magnetic storage -- the magnetic medium can be easily erased and rewritten, and it will "remember" the magnetic flux patterns stored onto the medium for many years.In the next section, we'll talk about the main differences between casette tapes and hard disks. | | By: FAQ Guru | | |
| | Hard drive data recovery | | 2007-12-07 10:48:18 | | Hard drive data recovery tools are now widely available. More and more companies are offering hard drive data recovery tools knowing that more and more people are now using computers with hard drives that are generally subject to break down. Also, the hard drive data recovery tools were designed and developed for the hope that the lost data can still be recovered although the computer system | | By: Save My Data! | | |
| | Hard drive recovery services (pt.1) | | 2007-11-26 15:20:42 | | Hard drive data recovery services are now widely offered by a number of data recovery companies and businesses around the globe. These hard drive data recovery services are even highly accessible online with lots of websites out there on the web advertising and featuring their wonderful and powerful hard drive data recovery services and procedures. And, as computer becomes a necessity for most of | | By: Save My Data! | | |
| | Buffalo intros 320GB portable hard drive | | 2007-11-24 12:28:58 | | You can never be too good looking or have too many gigabytes on your person, which is why Buffalo has just announced what it’s touting as the “world’s largest” portable external hard drive, a 320GB dynamo called the MiniStation Turbo USB HD-PS320U2. This 5,400rpm platter features 256-bit AES encryption courtesy of Buffalo’s Secure Lock Ware [...] | | By: Mobile & Technology News | | |
| | | A Freezer is not good for your hard drive | | 2007-11-19 15:11:50 | | Placing your hard drive in the freezer to recover your data is not a good place to start, or finish on for that matter; however the internet is littered with examples of such practices with alleged successful outcomes. Hard drive media are based on very precise control mechanisms down to a sub micron level freezing the media will destroy this precision, not to mention the water content that is | | By: Save My Data! | | |
| | Use chkdsk To Repair Hard Drive Problems | | 2007-11-09 14:23:22 | | Using a PC regularly also means maintaining it. Sometimes hard drive problems cause the computer to run slow or hang. In bad cases a hard drive makes cranking noises which do not sound like the normal clicks a they usually make while reading or writing data. There may be messages at boot time that give warnings. This is a common one:Smart Failure predicted on hard disk. Warning: Immediately backup all data and replace hard disk. A failure may be imminent. Press F1 to continue.If you are experiencing any of these problems, it never hurts to run a program called Check Disk which scans for errors and can automatically repair them. Just be patient because this process can take at least 15 to 20 minutes or longer if a lot of damage needs to be fixed. Even without any obvious signs, it still might be a good idea to use this feature just to be on the safe side. Here are the step-by-step instructions: Click "Start"Click "Run..."Where it says "Open:" type the following: cmdClick "OK"You will see a black screen with a blinking cursor. This is the command prompt. Use it to type the following command: chkdsk /r /fThen press "Enter". If you Have done this correctly, you should see this:C:Documents and SettingsUser>chkdsk /r /fThe type of the file system is NTFS.Cannot lock current drive.Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by anotherprocess. Would you like to schedule this volume to bechecked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) Type Y where it says (Y/N) to answer yes to the question. Reboot your computer and your hard drive will be scanned for errors before Windows loads. Be patient as this can take 15 to 20 minutes, even up to 60 minutes if there are a lot of files with bad clusters which need to be replaced. | | By: Windows XP Security Tips | | |
| | Death Cab For Cutie Guitarist Gets Hard Drive Taken By Government | | 2007-10-17 23:27:48 | | Every so often I like to point out how ridiculous the Homeland Security Department is and today is one of those days. I don’t know who Death Cab For Cutie is but that’s a hell of a band name if I’ve ever heard one. Their guitarist, some guy named Chris Walla, is coming [...] | | By: U Suxxors | | |
| | Yes! A contest to win a 1TB hard drive! | | 2007-09-15 16:31:18 | |
My grandmother passed away in 2005. We never had a chance to record stories and antedotes from her long life. She lived through the Depression, World Wars, the introduction of the Internet, and more!
I would love to sit down with my mom and get this same type of information. While my mom doesn’t recall the [...] | | By: thepinkc | | |
| | | Hard Drive Revival! Get Your Data Back! | | 2007-08-26 17:52:00 | | Is there anything worse than a dead hard drive, when you boot up the computer as you usually do every day, only to see that dreaded hard drive failure message?It's either hardwrae failure, software, or the computer itself. What dto do about it?SoftwareThe most common hard drive data loss problems originate from corruption of the master boot record, FAT, or directory. Those are software problems which can usually be taken care ofwith a combination of tools like Fdisk /mbr to refresh the master boot record followed by a reboot and Norton disk doctor or similar drive repair programs.HardwareThe most common hardware problems are a bad micro controller (onboard microchip), a baddrive motor, or a bad head mechanism.To narrow down the source of the problem;1. Can the BIOS see and identify the hard drive correctly? If not, then the hard drives onboard controller is bad. (or a badloose drive cable)2. Does the drive motor spin and maintain a constant velocity? This indicates that the drive motor is functioning.3. If the drive surges and dies, the most likely cause is a bad controller (assuming the drive is cool). An electronic signal gate that allows the drive to control the motor may not be staying open. The drive needs a new PC controller board.4. Do you hear any clicking and clattering when the machine is turned on and initialized (but before the system attempts to access the hard drive). Head clatter would indicate that thespindle bearings are worn or even damaged.5. There is always the possibility that the controller you are using in the machine has gone to controller heaven.Scenario 1If the drive spinsTry booting to the A:> prompt from a floppy, run Fdisk and check to see if Fdisk can see a partition on the hard drive. If Fdisk can see the partition, that means that it can access the drive and that the controller electronics are functioning correctly. If there is no head clatter, it may be just a matter of disk corruption which commonly occurs when a surge hits your machine and overwhelms the power supply. An electro magnetic pulse can wipe out the master boot record, and file allocation tables. Fdisk can fix the master boot record, and Norton Disk Doctor can restore or rebuild the file structure and Directories.Scenario 2The drive spins but Fdisk can't see it.Try the drive in another system and repeat the test to confirm that Fdisk can't read through the drives onboard controller. If it sees it in another system, then your machines hard drive interface is bad. You can try an upgraded or replacement controller card like a Promise or CMD Technologies (there are others) in you machine after disabling the integrated controller in the BIOS, but if the integrated controller went bad, it may just be symptomatic of further failures and you'd be wise to replace the motherboard. Trying the drive in another machine also eliminates the variable that your machines 12 volt power output being bad.Scenario 3The drive spins, but makes clattering and clicking soundsIf you get head clatter but a constant velocity on the drive motor (no surging), you might try sticking the hard drive in the freezer for about 12 hours (in a airtight, dry, sealed freezer bag). This is an old trick from back in the days of the MFM/ESDI driver era. This can cause the drive components to shrink enough to make the track marker align with the tracks. We don't see that kind of platter spindle wear much anymore, but back in the old days, the balancing and bearings weren't as good. Still, under the right circumstances, it might help. It would depend on how old the drive is and how many hours of wear have occurred. You have to be quick to get your info off the drive when it works. Back then, the drives were much smaller, so there wasn't so much to copy. So, go after the important data first. and do it fast! You may only get a few minutes of access.Scenario 4 The drive doesn't spin Either the onboard controller is bad or the motor is bad (assuming you did try the drive inanother machine). It's time to hit the net and local independent shops to see if you can locate another drive of the same make and model that's good. Since the drive is probably an older drive and no longer in distribution, your best bet is to find an identical used drive. If you knowsomeone with the same make and model, you might be wise to try and persuade them to sell you their drive with an offer of providing them with a free upgraded drive. If you can locatean identical drive, start with the controller replacement ... this is the simplest and least invasive. If swapping the controller doesn't produce the desire result, you can tear into the drive and swap the motors. While you have both drive opened up to accomplish this, scrutinize the platters, heads and armatures. You might even hook the drive up and power it from a system with both drives attached. This way, you could see anything that deviates between the actions of both drives when they are initialized. Swapping patters is unlikely to produce any positive result. They are a balanced system like the tires on your car and I suspect that the balance will be different for each drive as will other variables.Last but not leastData Recovery ServicesThere's always Ontrack Corp. who will attempt to recover your info starting at $500 and up . They do not repair or return the drive either.Computer and technology tips, reviews and how-to's in a non technical language.
Savvy tech talk for the non-tech-savvy.
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| | Big Desktop Hard Drive Brick | | 2007-08-17 13:56:51 | | Spice up your computer with this big LEGO brick. It's not an ordinary LEGO brick, it's a special one!
It includes a 300GB 7200RPM drive and a high-speed USB interface. If you have more than one, then you can stack them just like the real Legos. It's available in red, blue and white. Perfect solution for Lego Maniacs ;)...[Link] | | By: LegoMania | | |
| | | How To Defrag Your Hard Drive | | 2007-04-17 13:54:44 | | When files are stores on your computer, they are not all stored in one place on the hard drive. The file is broken into fragments and each fragment is placed where there is a free slot. Over time, files and folders can become excessively fragmented. This can cause files and folders to load slowly as it assembles peices from different places.This is where defragmentation comes in. You can actually bring the peices of the files together and make them contigious so they will run without the extra lag. Here are instructions on how to defrag your hard drive with the defrag utility built in to Windows:1) Click Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Disk Defragmenter 2) Click 'Analyze' and with a a few minutes while your hard drive is scanned for fragmentation. You will see a report showing how much fragmentation has occured on the drive. 3) On the Analysis Report, under 'Volume information:', scroll down to where it says total fragmentation. If your total fragmentation is 6% or more it is time to do a defrag. 4) Click the Defrag button and brew a pot of coffee and order a pizza. It may take a while to complete fragmentation depending on the state of your drive. For information on a more advanced way of defragmenting your drive, click here to learn why we recommended Raxco PerfectDisk. | | By: Windows XP Security Tips | | |
| | Raxco PerfectDisk Will Make Your Hard Drive Perform Better | | 2007-04-16 15:20:36 | | After using a trial version of PerfectDisk and noticing how far advanced it is compared to defrag utilities I've used in the past, I decided to purchase one and resell it to my customers in Connecticut, USA. My company provides a service where we go to customer's houses or offices and secure and optimize their computers. The service is mainly to make sure PC's are protected with the latest anti-virus and firewall software. The second portion of the service is to make sure the system performs at top speed. One important aspect to not having a lagging computer is keeping a handle on hard drive fragmentation. For the lamen, hard drives arrange their data on with a system that looks like a grid. Each block in the grid is called a sector. Files, folders and programs which are stored on your computer are broken into pieces, each peace in a different sector. The pieces of data can be spread out to different sectors far apart from each other and are reassembled when needed. This is called file fragmentation. One problem this causes is that the further the pieces of files are spread apart, the longer it takes to put it all back together for you to use them. There are a number of utilities out there for defragmenting your hard drive. Microsoft windows even comes with a basic one built in. A lot of these utilities do their job, but PerfectDisk by Raxco uses a defrag method which they call SmartPlacement. The idea of SmartPlacement is that while defragmenting your hard drive, it places things where they can run optimally. It does this by breaking the grid into 3 sections instead of one big one. The first section will have all of the defragmented files. The second section contains your most commonly used files and folders which have been defragmented. The third section is where all of the free space on the drive is consolidated. PerfectDisk does all of this in a single pass, which means it does not have to go over the drive several times to do the job. If you are | | By: Windows XP Security Tips | | |
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