I *everything* else fails, get it cold (refrigerator, freezer, my car, ...) and then try recovering the data. Munir Nassar wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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