Keatah Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Should I try and power it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Why not? Chances are it's still good. Especially if you have carpeted stairs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Yes ,running it in a damaged state can lessen the time available to recover data. it's probably not a happy drive. You have to weigh that against the cost of professional drive recovery services. You may get "lucky" and it runs "alright". Again, it's still no longer a happy drive. I'd expect it to fail sooner rather then later - and usually when you make the mistake of trusting it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 You should certainly try powering it up. You should certainly not get your hopes up... ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Maybe try giving it a very gentle shake, or just turn it over in your hands, before trying to power it up. If anything rattles, proceed with caution. I dropped an iPod drive once, and afterward it sounded like a box of Cracker Jacks. Needless to say, it didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 It fell down 14 carpeted stairs, in a case that has very thin foam, 2 or 3mm at best. It is an external disk (1TB mybook). Normally I could open'er in the shop cleanroom, but I'm nowhere near there and won't be for several weeks or longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 I shook it and didn't hear anything rattling. I hooked up my old-school telephone pickup coil and flipped the disk radially and listened for thumps from the motor. I heard several, that indicated the motor and platters were freewheeling. So I powered it up and it seemed to operate normally. I dumped the data to another disk. This disk is/was a collection of backups of other systems. While important, it would've taken time to recreate everything. Next step is to simulate or verify the backup images' checksums. https://www.google.com/search?q=telephone+pickup+coil&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=05JfUvmdI--WyAGmNg&sqi=2&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=623&dpr=1 Gotta love these lo-tech devices from the 1970's. They're great electronic stethoscopes for basic troubleshooting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Good, glad to hear you were able to copy everything from the disk. I'm not sure I would trust it much beyond that. ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Pac Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 True story a friend who is a computer tech once told me he dropped a hard dick he was working on out of a second story window. It just happen to land on something soft, he powered it and it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 TMI, dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 True story a friend who is a computer tech once told me he dropped a hard dick he was working on out of a second story window. It just happen to land on something soft, he powered it and it worked. I know it's a typo but this is the funniest thing I've read in quite a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I know it's a typo but this is the funniest thing I've read in quite a while. I don't know man.... The K isn't anywhere near the S and C .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 intentional typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatohead Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Nice! Yeah, I would write that disk off and feel really good about getting the data off of it. Next. I too have one of those telephone pick up things! They are simply amazing. Very good call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Very funny though... my "typo" is always wanting to use disc in place of disk. Disc is optical..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 You're pretty lucky, Keatah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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