If you want the data off, OnTrack will do an assessment for $100.00
and give you a listing of the data you can get off. Then to actually
get the data it will cost between $800-2400. If your interested, let
me as I get a discount for my CSI Minneapolis business.

Brock

On 9/13/05, John Meier <john.meier at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a hard drive that is not detected by the bios - it spins up and
> then you hear what sounds like a ping pong ball being dropped into a
> tin can "plunk, plunkplunk" and then about 2 seconds later "plunk,
> plunkplunk".
> 
> Thought this would be a good time to learn and play with a drive (open
> it up and check out what's going on).  I figure that there's nothing I
> can do to get ANY data off of it - or is there?
> 
> To me it sounds like the arm that has the heads on it is trying to
> sweep out and read the disk but "plunking" back to the park position -
> is this an indication of the controller board going bad?  Anyone know
> of a resource where I can read up and figure out what is failing -
> I've googled all morning but keep getting hits for data recovery
> services....
> 
> thanks
> john
> 
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