If the drive is entirely unreadable I strongly recommend sending out for professional data recovery (AKA Clean Room Recovery). The best company I have dealt with for that kind of recovery is Drive Savers (http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/ or 1800-404-1904). They offer free evaluations, so you can send them a drive and get a price for recovery with no commitment. They give discounts to students and teachers and non-profits. If you want you can use this code for an additional 10% -- *DS23234* Good luck, ~Kiernan Head Technician - Green Earth Computers www.greenearthcomputers.us Kiernan at gmail.com 413-282-TECH Membership Coordinator - Worlds Apart Games www.worldsapartgames.org !i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i! No trees were destroyed by sending this message. However, a great many electrons were inconvenienced! !i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i! On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > >>>>> McK66 writes: > > > Seagate 1TB ExtHD - Tipped over, now won't power - just a quiet beep > every > > 3sec - lots of recently acquired data... > > Probably not a drive failure, unless it "tipped over" off a table onto a > tile floor... > > Likely an internal connector pulled loose: open it up, make sure all the > internal cables are plugged in properly. If that fails, remove the drive > and > find a suitable USB adapter to connect it. > > -- > Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> > Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation > 433 West Street, Suite 8, Amherst, MA 01002, USA > Tel +1 413 253-6400 * Fax +1 508 302-0230 * GSM +1 508 287-1420 > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20100114/436d37cc/attachment-0001.html