Have you tried it on another computer and/or tried rebooting?
Does the drive spin up? If not, try jiggling it when you plug it in - that may be enough to get it spinning one more time.
Oh, can you try a different cable?
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tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 11:33:44 am PST #13054 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Feb 25, 2010 11:35:00 am PST #13055 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've rebooted twice. The drive is *really* hot right now, so I'm going to let it cool down before I try swapping cables.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 11:37:57 am PST #13056 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The drive is *really* hot right now, so I'm going to let it cool down before I try swapping cables.
Huh. Hotter than normal? That might mead the drive motor is almost dead. Or dead.
Is it powered by USB? If it allows a separate power adapter, try that. (Some USB ports on computers aren't really powerful enough.)
If you get it going, try to get everything off it ASAP.
I thought I read something about putting a balky drive in the freezer to get it going - you might google that.
le nubian - Feb 25, 2010 11:48:30 am PST #13057 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica,
you might try to move the drive into another enclosure and see if that will work.
Jessica - Feb 25, 2010 11:51:47 am PST #13058 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If the drive is dead, what are the chances the data could be recovered by a professional?
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 12:04:14 pm PST #13059 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't know much about that, but if it'd the drive motor, I'd think they'd be able to replace it - at least to get the data off for you.
Liese S. - Feb 25, 2010 12:08:48 pm PST #13060 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It`s probably possible but expensive.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 12:10:04 pm PST #13061 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The last time I checked on this was '92-ish. I think the # I saw were around $100. (Of course, drives were smaller then.)
NoiseDesign - Feb 25, 2010 12:19:38 pm PST #13062 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Professional companies can do some pretty amazing things with data, but it can run into the thousands of dollars pretty quickly.
Gris - Feb 25, 2010 12:20:12 pm PST #13063 of 25501
Hey. New board.
$100 is for the stuff a savvy user can do themselves (move the drive to a new enclosure and try it, for example). Replacing a part lie the drive motor and leaving the platters untouched would probably be more like $300. Getting data off of the platters in a clean room (necessary for seriously frelled drives) will be $1000+.
If you haven't dropped it or anything, chances are you're in category A or B. Try various options to get it to mount, and get the data off of it pronto if you succeed before going the professionals route though.