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//On 2/1/09 6:40 PM, "Jon Thompson" <<a href="jon@mac-consultant.com">jon@mac-consultant.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>When it comes to backup, there are four phases of personalities...<BR>
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Those that don't think it will happen to them.<BR>
Those that don't think it will happen to them again.<BR>
Those that think that performing backups is enough.<BR>
Those that verify backups by spot checking.<BR>
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Please skip phase 1-3 and backup _and verify_.<BR>
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On Feb 1, 2009, at 6:17 PM, CW Smith wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>• Put the HD in a Ziplock back to keep frost from forming on the drive and to keep condensation from accumulating when it comes out<BR>
• Freeze overnight (12 hours or so) to assure uniform temperature throughout. If you have a deep freeze in your basement, use that instead of your kitchen freezer<BR>
• Keep the HD in its Ziplock back as you attach it to your external case or drive dock (not inside the computer), again to keep condensation from accumulating<BR>
• Attempt recovery while the drive is still COLD, giving you more time before the bearings in the spindle heat up and seize again<BR>
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I agree with other posters: don't try this on critical data you'd be willing to pay DriveSavers to recover. If it's critical, get professional help.<BR>
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And *next time,* backup your data regularly so you won't get caught behind the eight ball again!<BR>
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Peace,<BR>
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On Feb 1, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Chris Tyrrell wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>I might just be imaging things, but I could swear that I've heard of sticking a dead drive in the freezer for a brief resurrection. Of course, once removed from the freezer, I would think it would need to warm up to avoid condensation, and once it's warm, is the benefit of the freezer time lost?<BR>
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Good luck,<BR>
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On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Noah Yamen <<a href="noahyamen@me.com">noahyamen@me.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'> While we're on the topic of hard drives, (and a great excuse to post my first message with you all!) I just had my G-Drive Mini take a turn for the worse. When i plug it in via firewire 400, the power light comes on but the harddrive doesnt spin or turn on. So i tried opening disk utility, doesnt show up. I opened up terminal: cd /Volumes and ls.... Still doesnt show up. I took the drive out, hooked it up to a sata reader, still no luck.<BR>
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Before I send the thing up to a data recovery center, do you guys have any tips/tricks/last resorts I might try? Otherwise Ive lost all of my current photoshop web designs... not good when you have projects going on currently... :|<BR>
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Oh and hi, I'm Noah.<BR>
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