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(he data wasn)t bac%ed up. (he problem came out of nowhere. (he user had accessed *etup and tried to manually enter the settings for the drive type when &+uto&
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From: Travis Standen 0ne tric% I have learned as a technician, when the problem is data6read errors off the platters themselves, is to freeze the hard drive overnight. It ma%es the data more )readable,) but for a one6shot deal. If this data is critical, and you have a replacement hard drive 7which, if it)s a drive failure, you probably do8, then you can hoo% up your frozen hard drive and immediately fetch the data off before it warms up. From: Thedeedj If the problem is heat related, I put the drive in the freezer for about 59 minutes to cool it down... sometimes this gets the drive up long enough to copy any critical files... From: Itguy1 !ut the drive in a waterproof sealed bag, put it in the fridge for an hour or so, then have another go. From: Kelly Reid Well, I won)t start playing with your specific situation, too many steps or possible solutions where everything starts &If that last thing didn)t wor% try...& 1ut I)ll give you one for free that was a nice hero moment for me. 'ad a drive where it sounded li%e the drive motor was engaging but not getting anywhere, so we stuc% it in the office freezer for an hour4 I)ll be darned if it didn)t wor%. (he drive was up long enough to get the data ghosted to another drive and we turfed it, even though it sounded fine at that point. I can)t really ta%e credit for it though-I had heard it in some gee% bull session but I thought it was some 2edi6gee% urban myth. :oes to show you that you %now you)re really screwed when you say something to the effect of &0%ay, hold on tight, I)m gonna try something I saw in a cartoon once but I)m pretty sure I can do it& From: mpi pu If this drive isn)t spinning up, putting it in the freezer for about an hour will usually get the drive spinning again so you can copy needed files before the drive warms up again. (he first thing you want to do is run a dis% utility li%e ;orton dis% doctor or wddiag 7if it)s a western digital drive8 to verify whether the drive is wor%ing mechanically or not. If it is a master boot record problem, sometimes running <dis%#mbr will correct the problem. It could also be a virus, and a program li%e <6prot will loo% at the drive as a physical unit. +s an += ! technician I have seen this problem many times. >sually if the drive is not ma%ing a clic%ing sound I am successful in recovering the data. From: S ott !reving I)ve run into this scenario numerous times. 0ne time it involved the main ;ovell *?* volume on our '! <ile *erver. I was really sweating as the server would not boot. I too% the drive out and put it in a freezer for @0 minutes. I then reinstalled it into the file server and !resto4 I was up and running. ;eedless to say I quic%ly mirrored the drive onto another and got rid of the bad drive.
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*ymptom: Jrive does not spin up: &*tic%tion& (reatment: 1asics Cightly tap the side of the drive case with a screwdriveOr-no power Cightly tap the side of the drive case with a screwdriverO-power on +dvanced Freeze in a zip6loc% bag *pray drive case with inverted can of canned air Cightly slap the drive on a des% top: 7mild frustration8 ,epeated hammering of the drive on a des% top: 7last resort-total frustration only8 1oot with a <+(@2 Windows R9 boot dis% *ys the drive fdis% #mbr hec% for a virus from a %nown clean boot dis% old soa% the drive:
(hese are but a few techniques for the doomed platters. (hese techniques can be used in con2unction with one another to arrive at the desired solution. Cather, rinse, and repeat if necessary. From: #aniel &hilpott 'ere is the solutions chec%list for this problem: (ools needed: R1ootable J or loc%ed floppy disO%-<ormatted with an 0* that can see the file system of the hard drive. J0* is usually the preferred 0* for this function with ;(<*J0* from *ysinternals for ;(<* reads and J0* utilities for diagnostics#repair. 50It should have the ability to boot to and#or see J6,0D drives, read <+(, <+(@2, ;(<*, or other common file systems, run common networ% card drivers and see the networ%, have dis% diagnostic and#or repair utilities, and have antivirus scanning software with current definitions. 550n(rac% Jata +dvisoOr-+ free download from www.0n(rac%.com 'ard Jrive 7large capacity8<ormatted for a <+( file system 7or whatever is your common file system8 and preferably with 1e0* as the boot operating system. 52 omputer ,epair (ool KiOt-*tandard repair tools.
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#rop it
From: -o' )atott 1esides the typical use of sys : to transfer bac% the system files deleted during &housecleaning& by typical users, I)ve gotten luc%y by turning the drive upside down and setting it on top of the power supply 7which seemed to remove &a static charge& that had built up8. +lso have used various Jis% Danager pac%ages to &tal%& to drives with <+(#;(<* corruptions 2ust to recover the data. If drives are being reformatted from an operating system that doesn)t want to &fully go away& 7can name a few48, the dis% manager software has also wor%ed in this scenario many times to get rid of the old and allow you to reformat with the new. 0f course, there)s always the &drop it from ./01 onto a flat hard surfa e& or &sma , the side of the ase with the flat of your hand& approaches. 1elieve it or not, both techniques have wor%ed. ,umor has it that sometimes the heads &stic%& to the platters during par%ing#cooldown. From: Kenneth *illemo *ometimes a hard drive that has been running since nearly forever won)t spin up after being shutdown for a while. (his can be caused by the heads stic%ing to the platter. +s a C+*( resort, I will drop the drive onto a firm surfa e from appro2imately eight in hes . Inevitably, this will solve the problem and the drive is useable long enough to remove the data. Dy *ys admin spouse gives me a funny loo% every time I do it but can)t argue with the results. From: &eter Tello If the low level diagnostics fail, I declare it officially dead. +t that point, I have nothing to lose, so I pull it out and over a thin carpet, drop it 31 s4uarely on all . sides5 repeating this 6 or 7 times . I have approAimately a 90 percent successful boot6up rate, usually enough to copy the data off and save my behind for not having it bac%ed up in the first place. From: T#% Te h (his is a one6time fiA-long enough to revive 'J to get data. 29(a%e the 'J out of the computer and s4uarely drop it on the losed side of the drive 7to your bench8 with perhaps a little slam. 2$(his seems to free up the bearings long enough to copy data off of the hard drive. I have quite a bit of luc%, 'ut 89 per ent of the time it only wor,s on e.
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Hit it
From: Karen:Roman 5. hec% D0* settings to ma%e sure the drive setting are what they should be-the D0* battery could be dead or the user may have changed the settings. + bad hard drive could cause the +utodetect to misread settings. 2. 1oot from a floppy dis% and run fdis%#mbr to restore the bac%up copy of the master boot record. @. Image the drive with drive copy program to a new drive. ". ItLs possible the 'JJ controller is bad. (ry the drive in another machine. 9. 1oot from a floppy attach to a networ% drive or have a secondary drive installed and if you can access the data copy it off to there. $. (he drive could have a stiction problem. Tap it gently on the sides5 prefera'ly with a ru''er mallet . From: (lan !ates +s &unscientific& as this sounds, I have found that rapping the drive case a couple of times sometimes allows the drive to come up. I have had several eAperiences in the past li%e this. *ometimes the drive is having trouble &spinning up.& 0bviously, the drive is on its last legs but a rap on the drive case will sometimes free it to spin up. (his will allow the system to boot so the data can be bac%ed up before the drive goes into the trash... From: -o' -ar,er I have found on more than a few occasions that older dis%s can develop a stic%ing problem. I believe it is a combination of wea% motor and surface6to6surface tension between the dis% and heads. (his problem usually shows up on older dis%s that have been running a few years 7usually 2" hours a day8 and then shut down for service or other reasons. 2HWhen you try to start up again, the dis% will not spin and you get dis% errors trying to boot. +fter chec%ing for the usual problems 7power, cables, 2umpers, etc.8 and finding that the drive was in fact not spinning, I have had great success 2arring the dis% with my palm 7of my hand, not my !J+8. I some times have to be a little more violent to get it to start but I have never had to use a hammer. 2NI would be careful using this method if the data on the dis% must be recovered at any cost which I would then send to 0n6(rac% or some other eApensive data recovery company. 2RI have found this problem mostly with older servers, but a few wee%s ago I ran into the same thing on a two6year6old ompaq IJ3 drive that was only used a few hours a day. From: Randy Forston If the hard drive isn)t ma%ing noise and when you place your hand on it 7not on the ! 1oard side, but on the metal casing8, you don)t feel any vibration from the drive, you may have a stic%ing problem 7some older drives with a variety of drive lube no longer used have this problem8. If the above describes the symptoms you)re seeing, try rapping around the drive case with the plastic handle of a screwdriver. (his will quite often remedy the stiction and allow the drive to come bac% up as normal. From: philn
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From: *awren e Shipins,i 3asy, go to DaAtor)s Web site or *eagate Web site and download the utility software. It)s free. !lease bac% up whatever you can first4 From: "a,e !$ Well, I)m %ind of new to this, but I)ll throw my hat in the ring. <irst, I would try flashing the D0*. If the battery is built into the system board 7I bet it is8, then find the D0* 2umper, pull itO-or move it from pins 562 to 26@-then %ic% the power on for a few seconds. !ower downT put the D0* 2umper where it started. If the battery is removable, then pull the battery and flash the D0*. (ry rebooting. If that doesn)t wor%, put the Iuic% ,estore dis%s in, reboot, and eAit to J0* when you get the chance 7I don)t remember the eAact steps to that8. ;ow, depending on how this I, was put together, you may have !age 5$
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2. If the drive is not detecting properly on the system, chec% to see if the problem can be solved in the systems bios, by either manually reconfiguring the drive, or by autodetecting it. If this wor%s, s%ip to 9. @. If the drive simply will not wor% in that system, try putting it in another system that is wor%ing properly with a similar hard drive 7the same drive type and#or size if possible8. If the drive wor%s in this system, but not in the original system, then perhaps the old system has more serious problems such as a bad IJ3 controller. ". (ry booting up on the drive. If it will not boot properly, try <JI*K or some other partition viewer to see if it has valid partitions defined. If no valid partitions are defined, or if partitions are unformatted, then the data may be lost. (ry redefining to the eAact same partitions that were %nown to eAist before the problems were encountered. If you have a wor%ing drive at this point, but no data, then it is li%ely that data is gone. If irreplaceable data was lost, you can try bringing the drive to a hardware shop for professional data retrieval. 9. If any of these attempts to revive the drive has succeeded, then immediately bring the system up and bac% up any important files to another drive or to removable media. ,un scandis% and#or any other drive chec%ing utilities. If serious problems are found with the drive, or if you have suspicion that the drive will continue having more problems li%e this, then prepare to replace the drive. While you still have a wor%ing system, ma%e a complete bac%up if possible. !erhaps the entire drive image can still be retrieved and copied onto the new drive, and no system re6install will be necessary. From: %hris Heizmann I. If the drive wor%s intermittently and wonLt boot to Windows: 58 reate a boot dis% on a different machine if available 7format c: #s8. 28 >se the boot dis% to start the machine in J0*. @8 *witch to drive c:U. "8 opy all data files to floppy 7more than one dis% will be needed8.
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From: #avid ($ Hunt "$<irst establish the correct drive characteristics 7cylinders, sectors, %apazitVt usw.8 from the drive or from internet if not printed on the casing. "H hec% all cables and connections 7!ower, 3IJ3, or * *I8. "N(urn on the !ower and correct the 1I0*. "RWatch for failures such as controller failure during bios chec%. 90Cisten for unpleasant noises 7after head crash8. 95If the ! won)t boot from dis%, use a boot dis% in the floppy and establish if drive 92If not, try <dis% and see if a drive is visible 7if not, it)s starting to loo% bad...8. 9@If visible and reachable, copy any important data to floppy dis% 7if possible8 or another drive if available. 9",evive the boot bloc%, and try booting from the drive again. 99If the drive wasn)t visible, then remove the drive and try to revive it in another ! . 9$*ometimes removing the drive and gently sha%ing it can help to revive it if the user hasn)t been using his ! on a regular basis, especially in older ! s. +nyway, this a problem one can spend hours with, it 2ust depends on how important the data was. 0nly cowards wor% with a bac%up4444 From: )auri &resser 9H hec% the D0* setup for drive settings. is available.
9NIf an auto detect drive option is there, use it. 9R*ave the settings and reboot. $0Cisten to see if the drive is spinning by putting your ear close to the drive 7hopefully the drive is not so loud that you do not need to get close to it to hear it8. $5If it does not spin, shut down the computer. $2 hec% to ma%e sure pin one of the cable is on pin one of the drive 7you might have seen a steady drive activity C3J lit up if it was bac%wards8. $@If one was on one, then physically remove the drive and <I,DC? holding on to it, twist your wrist in an attempt to brea% the &stic%tion& 7bearings stuc%8 free. $"'oo% the drive bac% up and power up to a boot floppy. $9If it spins up now, try <JI*K or other third6party software to see if it recognizes the partition7s8. $$If not, try ;orton Jis% Joctor or equivalent to try and recover the partition.
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RRI would neAt cold boot to a virus scan dis%ette and verify the hard drive could be accessed and free of viruses. (he dis%ette I use automatically removes any viruses detected. 500If I get to this point, I would again try to cold boot to the hard drive. 0bviously, there would be some type of error message or symptom at this point to let me %now better where I was in resolving this issue.
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55HIf you can)t access the files, then try running a scandis% from the boot floppy. 55NIf you can)t access the 1I0* or the drive through a boot dis%, then the neAt step you need to do is shut down the computer and pull out the hard drive. 55R0nce you have the hard drive out you need to douse it in lighter fluid and immediately eApose the non6functioning hard drive to an open flame. 520+lthough the last step is of great controversy, it will bring great satisfaction to %now humans will always have the last word. From: Howard "$ %astello
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229If the drive still does not come up, boot to a D*6J0* $.2 1oot dis%. : dir. 22$If I can see the files and directories, I can then either slave a driveor put another master on a 2nd controller, and then copy data to the drive or to a formatted a:Udis%. From:-ryan "$ *y,ins (his solution comes from the &been there, done that-multiple times./ 22H<irst, get physical access to being able to see the dis% drive and then use some type of diagnostic utility 7off a boot floppy8 to see if the drive is even recognized. 22NIf there are no lights on the controller and the diagnostics do not identify a valid drive, then you can usually recover quite easily. 22R:et yourself another identical dis% 7with no important data on it8 and swap the controllers. I have used this method to recover @ different dis%s. 2@0If the controller lights come on and the diagnostic program recognizes your drive, but the dis% is still not accessible, then most li%ely it is &frozen& internally. (here have been several drives that have had this problem in the past. 7*pecifically, there were some I1D 26 and "6:1 drives, DaAtor H$0 6D1, and *eagate 2 :18. 2@5+nyway, since we are not going to %eep this troublesome drive, remove it from the machine and gently tap the side with a screwdriver. 2@2!ut it bac% in and see if the motor will start the drive spinning. If it does-get the data bac%ed up immediately and then either get rid of the dis% or use it as a non6critical storage area. 2@@0nce a drive has this problem, the solution has been %nown to wor% multiple times and the problem usually re6occurs after a reboot#shutdown sequence. From: T"R6 Invalid drive specification. If drive is IJ3: 58 >se the D0* IJ3 auto detection. (ry to use both C1+ mode and normal mode. ,eboot and see what 7if any8 failure comes up. 28 1oot from a floppy 7this is critical that the user %nows what version of 0* he#she is running: R9, R9b, RN, RNb, etc.8. >se <JI*K after this to see if the drive is present. If so, *?* the drive and reboot 7crossing eyes, fingers, and toes8. @8 (ear into the computer and ma%e sure the cabling is correct. <or good measure, reseat the 'JJ cable 7both ends8 and power cable. (urn system on briefly to ensure the 'JJ is spinning up.
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2"0If still no go, boot from a floppy 7J0* or WinR9 *tartup Jis% will do8 and sys the drive using the sys c:U command. 2"50ften this will wor% with WinR9. 2"2If the drive boots 7even 2ust to a prompt8 run a virus scan. Dany viruses hide themselves in the boot record and will actually copy the boot record to a different part of the drive...thus, not allowing the 0#*
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0ne thing I did successfully was to replace the 'J electronics. (he complete board is sometimes standard in many models of the same brand. If the problem is there, then chances are that you will get it to wor%. ,eplacing the eAternal electronics of a 'J is simple. +nother one I had was a dis% that would not start spinning. We fiAed it 7and don)t as% me why8 by giving it some hits with the tips of our fingers 7while powered on8. +t one point, it started spinning and we could get out its data. From: )ar o (ntonio I li%e to use shiramitzu. It^s a powerful software provided 7free8 by ontrac% 7www.ontrac%.com8, I found it when I had some hd^s with their boot sector erased by hernobyl virus and this software allowed safe bac%up of the files in it. From: *awren e Taylor/#un an 5. Coo% up manufacturer, model number etc. on drive. +t same time, chec% 2umper settings on drive correctly set to D+*(3,. If there)s a slave drive chec% its settings, too. 2. *earch for model in the Dicrohouse (echnical Cibrary using your trusty laptop 7call yourself a techB 0< 0>,*3 you have a copy of this in your arsenal...8. @. Write down manual settings from Dicrohouse database 7S cylinders, etc.8. If you need 2umper settings above, they)re there too4 If no Dicrohouse Cibrary available, try manufacturer)s Web site, 7this all assuming this setup data is not stamped on drive8. ". 3nter data in D0*
$. hec% D0* to insure on6board controller not disabled. Jisconnect slave. hec% ribbon cable is not bad. hec% ribbon cable is in correct IJ3 slot. hec% that I,I 5" has not been used for manually setting another peripheral 7if so, reclaim I,I for controller8. I< ;0 *> 3**
H. ontroller may be bad. Install drive in alternate computer with good controller to test, or try 2nd controller slot using I,I 59. I< ;0 *> 3**
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If that fails, the Daster 1oot ,ecord on the boot partition may be corrupted. ,eboot to the J0* dis%ette, and at the +: prompt, invo%e the fdis% command using the #D1, switch. (his won)t start fdis%, but it will rewrite the Daster 1oot ,ecord and may allow you to boot the system bac% to the hard dis% partition. I)ve done this a number of times on systems running Windows R9#RN, Windows ;(, CinuA, and 0*#2. From: edward$fearon *o your hard drive has failed, ehB +nd itLs got that all important invoice# G#document that you cannot afford to lose... &It was wor%ing last time I used it& and &I never touched it& drift into the conversation. In the case when a 'J has failed, it can be due to a number of factors 7so many that I wont indulge you8. 'owever, one that I find that regularly is the fact that the drive will not spin up 7listen for spin up and spin down sounds8. (his can be a common problem particularly after a cold spell, or after a wee%end when the machine has been stuc% in your spare room in the cold. I have it on good authority that often this is caused by the lubricants on the spindles getting thic%er due to a temp drop... and the 'J motor not having enough inertia to overcome the 7now thic%er8 lube. Well, you may 2ust be able to recover most of the 'J, or perhaps even 2ust that one file if you... 58 (a%e out the hard dis% of the *ystem >nit... get your local (echie :uru to do it for you if you aren)t happyP 28 +nd give it gentle twists along its horizontal aAis. @8 !lug it in and try again... if it wor%s, go to step R +*+!. "8 *witch on the monitor. 98 ,est the 'J on the top bac% end of the monitor 7forget it if you have a (<(48, where the 'J will gently warm up over the neAt "6N hours. $8 !ut that dis% bac% into the machine while itLs hot#warm. H8 ross your fingers. N8 *witch on the power. R8 If it wor%s start ripping off the data as fast as you possibly can, if not put it on a radiator, and leave for a while 7then go to step @8. 508 If under warranty send it off, or if not buy a new one4 +nd if that fails... !+;I 4
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1y installing to the same partition you will be given the chance to do a complete scan. Jo the thorough scan and when it)s complete, you will see a message that indicates that changes were made and to press )<N) to restart your computer and begin the setup. ,emove your floppy and#or your J6,0D. When your machine reboots you will see your familiar boot menu and the process continuing normally. What)s left is to log in to your regular installation. (here will be no WI;;(2 directory or changes to your boot.ini but simply your repaired ;( installation. If this does not wor%, or 'KJ*K cannot be run the D<( may be corrupt. 'ere is the solution to that one. 5. If you have a second boot of ;( on another partition you may be able to boot into this to do the repair. 0therwise mount the dis% on separate system running Windows ;(, assigning it a %nown drive letter.
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3lse, get bac% to the D0* setup again and try to set the correct drive type based on the capacity of the hard dis% which can be found on the hard dis% itself if you open up the !> casing. From: -rent Hunter Gery simple, I thin%B4 While the drive is running, you should be able to get all the information off the drive, unless it has &bad sectors, etc.& Dy usual tas% list involves using &:'0*(& to get the data of the hard drive. 1ut sometimes this doesn)t wor%, because of bad sectors, or the drive timing out while trying to sort itself out. Dy neAt solution is to use W 0!?@2 under a Windows RN dos prompt. (his enables you to use more and interesting switches. ;inety6nine percent of the time, this gets the data off a failing drive. Dy syntaA is a follows: W 0!?@2 A:UE.E y:U #3 #' # A: [ source drive 7i.e. failing drive8 y: [ target drive #3 [ copies all directories and subdirectories including empty ones. #' [ copies hidden and system files 7i.e. *?*(3D.J+( Y >*3,.J+( are Windows registry files with the 'idden and *ystem attributes8. # [ this switch is the tric%. 3ven if the drive times out and then starts up again, W 0!?@2 will continue copying the data over. From: S,ip -erryhill ?ou didn)t say, but often, when a hard drive won)t boot, you can boot on a floppy disc with <JI*K on it, log onto the hard drive, and eAecute some commands 7JI,, 0!?, and the li%e8. If they wor% o%ay, you can use the following from the floppy: <JI*K #D1, and re6write the Daster 1oot ,ecord of the physical drive. ;eAt, remove the floppy and reboot. It will usually be alright. If it operates properly, all it means is that the D1, was somehow corrupted. ;othing ma2oOr-it was re6written by the <JI*K #D1, command. (he #D1, switch was undocumented for a long time. From: &hil (dams
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@$H?ou said that the user got into the *etup and changed the settings. If an upgrade for the 1I0* does not find the drive and auto detect the it, then get out the tools and open the machine up to have a loo% at it)s guts. @$N,emove the 'JJ and get the info off of it and manually enter it into the settings. From: Tor($Rysstad (he most important thing to do in this situation is to protect the data on the drive. +nd in my eAperienceT the more one try to &loo%& for data on the dis%, the more it might get destroyed. (ry to listen to the hard drive. +re there any weird sounds emitting from itB I have two &sound categories./ (he first is identified by sort of &buzzing& sound or perhaps a loud &ploin%& sound. (he second category: no sound at all, or the drive seems to running at full speed, even if the ! is &frozen./ (he first might indicate a physical damage. (hat might be hard to solve, but that does not imply that everything is lost. I often find almost everything on the dis% li%e this:
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