[chance33_98]

PS - I have recovered several drives that have seemed dead by hitting them in the center gently with a hammer as a last resort. Got them running long enough to get the data off. Have managed to get this work in several dire cases for clients (mechanical parts can stick - but only do this in certain cases and if everything else has failed).

[Reeses]

Percussive maintenance sometimes works but with disk drives I would first remove it and twist it quickly a few times to cause inertia to move the disk platter. That twist has worked for me in some cases.

[Vidalia]

I have recovered several drives that have seemed dead by hitting them in the center gently with a hammer as a last resort.

Well, uh, in that case it damn sure would be the last resort.

I smell a bit of horse jest, if not, maybe that's what your mom did to get you to make your first sound?

[dennisw]

Thanks for the advice! I have a dead HD I will try it on. It's making a clicking sound and the bios will not detect it.

[Syncro]

I am going to have to show this thread to my daughter.

When I first got a computer, and it had a glitch in it, I tapped it a few times with my hand.

My daughter said, "Daaad, it's not a television!"

LOL