clifto wrote in
:

ken wrote:
I was afraid of doing any damage so probably did not hit the case
very hard but so far hitting the metal casing with the handle of a
screwdriver has done nothing.

Another trick I saw way back when was to put the drive in a plastic
zip-lock bag and put it in the freezer for a day or two, then pull it
out *in the bag* and let it return to room temperature before removing
the bag.


If you're interested in more solutions like this, you might want to do a
Google Search for "200 ways to revive a hard drive". I'd link to a
direct document, but the first two results (which are probably what you
want to read) are PDFs. This way, you can use Google's "View as HTML"
option if you want.

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