After that, another last ditch try , and this sounds awful,
Pull the drive out, put it in an air tight freezer bag and put it in the fridge. Get it cold without any condisation.
Slap that sucker back in and quickly get your data.
As these things fail, it is due heat and wear. Cooling them down helps contract some of those excessive tolerances and can buy you a few more minutes.
Then when replacing the disc, go ahead and spring the extra bucks for a RAID system, or a backup system that you will use regularly.
Last edited by mapatton; 01/28/08 03:11 PM.
