Erica Eshoo wrote:
On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 09:28:42 -0800, Eric Gisin wrote:
The heads will not load unless spindle is spinning.
Therefore, you cannot have clicking without spinning.
PC World is full of ****.
http://www.pcworld.com/video/catid,1...e,1/video.html
How to Resurrect a Crashed Hard Drive - PC World Video
PC World says the freezer trick will only work for a clicking but
not spinning hard disk drive.

Interesting!

So, you're saying that, since I clearly hear a sequence of initial
loud clicks (about a score of them in about as many seconds) in the
naked laptop hard disk drive hooked up to the USB port via the
IDE-to-USB adapter ... then my drive is spinning for sure because
it's clicking?

I had already realized it was spinning because when I pressed on the
top of the hard disk drive, I could hear a whirr as I made something
touch something else.

I've already put a spare hard disk in the kid's laptop - but now I
have an activation problem. I can't get past the activation screen
which just hangs. I'm sure the hard disk has a valid WinXP but
obviously for another laptop (not the one I put it in) - so I'm not
surprised the Winxp OS balked ... but shouldnt' Windows XP give me
the opportunity to enter whatever information it needs?

How do I enter whatever information it needs if it just comes up with
a blank Windows Activation box which hangs for hours with no way to
enter anything.

Why is the world punishing me! Was I a bad girl or something!

Yep, it was that furious drunken grave dancing that you were warned about.

You wouldnt listen...