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How to recover a crashed laptop hard disk (windows NTFS)
Erica Eshoo wrote:
On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:43:26 -0800, bluerhinoceros wrote:
Here is the freeware/demoware that PC World suggests at
http://www.pcworld.com/video/catid,1...e,1/video.html
How to Resurrect a Crashed Hard Drive - PC World Video
Electrical recovery for not spinning drives
- Connect to a high wattage power supply
I don't understand this one.
the video implies that the power supply "pushes"
the current rather than allowing the device to draw it.
I agree with you - this is a wierd suggestion by PC World.
But, I can tell you watched the video because that's exactly what it
says.
PC World seems to imply that a larger capacity power supply INITIAL
current/voltage (they call it wattage) surge into the reluctant disk
drive could JOLT the dead disk drive into cooperating - sort of like a
Taser for reticent hard disks.
http://www.pcworld.com/video/catid,1...e,1/video.html
Does anyone else know more about this PC World suggestion to resurrect
my dead but spinning hard drive - is it science or is it voodoo?
Urban myth!
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Best Regards:
Baron.
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