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<div>I can't speak to local services, but I have been able to wrap a failing HDD in paper towel and then ziplock bag and freeze it for a while. Once cold I was able to get it to spin up just long enough to recover my files. I've only had about 50% success rate with that trick, but might be worth a shot.</div><div><br></div><div class="mixmax_signature"><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">-Dan<br><br>"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle</div></div><img align="left" width="0" height="0" style="border:0; width:0px; height:0px;" src="https://track.mixmax.com/api/track/v2/8OgKmx6A5GSx7yNdP/ISbvNmLslWYtdGQ4cDOysmbhRmI/iQXZu5yZ1x2bjBkMzQTLnVHbvNmI/gI4hnMzQDItACc19mcHBiclNXVggXdulGTgg0TgwWYyRnblNkI?sc=false" alt="">
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 2:45 PM, Rick Troth <span dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:rmt@casita.net" target="_blank">rmt@casita.net</a></span>
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<div>Hot on the heals of the "Flawless
Drive" thread, my wife's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_of_death">laptop was
clicking this morning</a>. [sigh] <br>
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I do make backups. <br>
But now I see the error of my ways. <br>
Won't bore y'all with the how and why, but my backup strategy has
fallen into "infrequent" and "manual". <br>
So here's another case where the community is warned: backup
early, backup often. <br>
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Meanwhile, I'm looking for disk/data recovery advice. <br>
I found Disk Doctors near the Ohio State campus. Likely will
pony-up the bounty they'll demand, but Marilyn and I are both
doing "research" for the best options. Y'all got any ideas?
services you like? services you don't? <br>
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Thanks. <br>
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