Hard Drive

The article you are reerring to is a Tech Republc article,use the search in upper right to locate the article in TechRepublic or see the following thread
https://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00320010115jed01.htm&src=search

The article is:
"200 ways to revive a hard drive"
which happened to be the most downloaded file from TechRepublic in 2000.

The link is:
https://www.techrepublic.com/download_item.jhtml?id=dr00320000510jed01.htm

Hope this helps you.

Charles Baker

An old "trick of the trade" is to buy another hard drive. Same make and model as the crashed drive. Interchange LogicBoards if the problem is motor or electronic related. Depending on the nature of the crash.If the heads have crashed, Carefully open both drives and remove the platters. Interchange the platters, being careful not to touch the surface of either platter. Close the drives up ASAP. Cross your fingers, say a HAIL Mary and fire it up. Back your data off to an external source( tape backup etc..) or another drive in the system ASAP!!!. Because both drives are now considered unreliable.

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