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Posted by jeronemango on Aug-27-2007 16:00:

major prob, hard drive fail

ok i hope someone can help me out here...

lost all my dj sets, from 1997 to now... i dunno 20 30 gigs worth

can someone please help me out... im not after artist CDs as i pay for all my cds and support the artists..

i just need my classic set fix each day...

so if someone can PM and i will pay for the postage/blank dvds...

cheers

Posted by sunrise3500 on Aug-27-2007 22:13:

put the hard drive into a zip lock bag
put it in a freezer for 2 hours
put it back in, and copy from it what you can, i guess in order of priority
not gonna last long, but this does work.

Posted by gumble on Aug-28-2007 01:31:

yer, my mate did the freezer trick. it works.

Posted by Fl@k Monkey on Aug-28-2007 05:35:

rofl you guys are kidding right?

Kind of reminds me about the news post i read not long ago were a kid was told to 'cool down his xbox' by putting it in a plastic bag and lowered the bag into a pot of water with it turned on..

he lived if anyone cares.. I sure dont. Stupid idiot shouldn't have asked an internet forum for advice let alone listened to dumb advice.

I would recommend you put that hard drive into another machine as a slave, and install "Ontrack EasyRecovery� Professional" on that machine and use it on your hard drive.. Your data is still technically there even if it has been deleted/formatted. Aslong as you havent written over it with new data.

You'd be suprised how shit can be recovered even when its in little peices.

Posted by sunrise3500 on Aug-28-2007 05:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Fl@k Monkey
rofl you guys are kidding right?

no this is 100% legit
if the hard drive isnt working and you cant read anything off it, it's what you do.

Posted by Fl@k Monkey on Aug-28-2007 05:45:

Gives a whole new view on "my hard drive froze up"

Sorry, Couldn't resist, Definately some pretty interesting stuff though. I'll have to give that a go sometime.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Aug-28-2007 05:49:

yeah, id never heard of this either. but then again ive never had a HD die. but thanks for the heads up

Posted by jeronemango on Aug-28-2007 05:49:

well i will give it a go, but the drive is clicking and making some strange noises, i gather the platters are stuffed...

Posted by jeronemango on Aug-28-2007 05:51:

here is a freezer story

http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/20...cover-data.html

Posted by Fl@k Monkey on Aug-28-2007 05:54:

quote:
Originally posted by jeronemango
well i will give it a go, but the drive is clicking and making some strange noises, i gather the platters are stuffed...

Is the hard drive showing up in windows?
Have you tried putting it in another machine and accessing it?
Have you tried running an Ultimate Boot CD scan on it?
What brand is the hard drive? Maxtors usually die pretty fast
Can you describe the sound it makes? Is it clunky? or Clicky like it wants to blow up? etc

Posted by sunrise3500 on Aug-28-2007 06:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Fl@k Monkey
maxtors usually die pretty fast

very very VERY true.

Posted by jeronemango on Aug-28-2007 06:28:

yea i tried everything, will do the freezer thing but if that dont work i wont have any other options really.

its an old segate.. its pretty old so kinda not surprised really.

so can anyone offer to help me out if the freezer dont work.

Posted by Fl@k Monkey on Aug-28-2007 06:29:

http://themixingbowl.org/

chop chop

Posted by Domesticated on Aug-28-2007 07:23:

quote:
Originally posted by sunrise3500
very very VERY true.

I must be lucky, mah Maxtor has been going 16 months under a dusty desk on the carpet, no problems!

My external hard drive failing is pretty much the only thing that concerns me long term right now (you'd understand if you saw how much effort has gone into my music collection).

I'm going to buy a second one to back up to.