On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, PHPTOm wrote: > Hello all, > > A 40 gig deskstar hard drive I use here at work is making clicking sounds > and dead. Anyone dealt with this? We do not have a budget for data > recovery. Are we screwed? heh... i had the exact same drive and i was able to get it to go for another couple of weeks by doing the following: 1. turn the computer off 2. let it rest/cooldown/stop-spinning for a day or so 3. turn it on and recover the data before it starts clunking again -- Munir Nassar RedConcepts.NET http://redconcepts.net/ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list