"Wayne Tiffany" wrote in message
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| Are you sure it's spinning? I have seen it more than once where a drive
| doesn't actually spin up. If that's the case, sometimes you can get it to
| start by rapping on it as you turn on the power. You can also try the
quick
| twist as another method. If either method works, get what you want
| immediately as there is no future guarantee.

There was an infamous 10 Mb external hard drive sold by Radio Shack that was
so bad they recalled them and used them as store drives. On Monday, you had
to drop them about a foot onto the desk to get them to run at all!

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