[Novalug] Fwd: Re: Pointers recovering data from IDE HD?
Charles R. Head
CharlesRHead@Netscape.Net
Fri Aug 22 19:04:31 EDT 2014
*Thor,*
Like I said before, I have no idea why the drives are behaving as they
are. However, if you'd like to change the test environment, you could
use my adapter and connect to another computer. Let me know if you'd
like to use any of my gear.
*Charlie Head*
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Subject: Re: [Novalug] Pointers recovering data from IDE HD?
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 18:40:54 -0400
From: Thor Berglie <thor.berglie@gmail.com>
To: CharlesRHead@netscape.net
CC: novalug@firemountain.net
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Charles R. Head via Novalug
<novalug@firemountain.net <mailto:novalug@firemountain.net>> wrote:
*Thor,*
Do I understand correctly that you have two separate drives that
both present this spin up, spin down behavior? If that is so,
perhaps there is a problem with the environment you're testing them
in, rather than with the drives themselves. I have no idea what
that problem might be.
I have a relatively cheap adapter kit that will allow you to operate
either an IDE or SATA HDD outside a PC. The rig plugs into a USB
port. With such an adapter, you could test one or both HDDs on
another computer.
Are you in the D.C. area?
*Charlie Head*
812 South Quincy Street
Arlington, VA
703-979-9430 <tel:703-979-9430>
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On 8/22/2014 4:39 PM, Thor Berglie via Novalug wrote:
A friend asked me to try and recover data from his failing IDE HD. I
figured I'd attach it via a SATA/IDE adapter and that I'd have a
reasonable
chance of using my usual HD/FS tools to pull off whatever I
could find...No
joy.
When I apply power to the drive it spins up, clicks, then revs
down, and
this cycle continues indefinitely at about 4/sec per cycle. I
found a cheap
refurbished IDE drive and tried that, with the same result. Both are
jumpered to be master. The cycling/clicking happens regardless
of jumper
config, and regardless of whether or not the data cable is attached.
Am I overlooking something simple? Voltage to the drive seems
ok. Any
tips/pointers, or recommendations for a more qualified tech to
attempt this
recovery?
-Thor
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That's right -- One reportedly bad drive, one presumably good drive. I
have two connection options here: 1) USB->SATA/IDE adapter, and 2)
SATA->SATA/IDE adapter. But, regardless of which I use, just applying
power to either drive seems to cause the spinup/click/spindown cycling
which has me scratching my head.
-Thor
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