On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:23:32 -0700
Charlie Bullen <
mandrake@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Hi, anyone know of a local service that can restore data from a
> physically malfunctioning hard drive? The drive produces a loud
> clicking. The drive will not boot and upon turning the computer on, I
> get a message saying smart command failure.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlie
Charlie,
As others have pointed out, professional data recovery is EX$PEN$IVE. Although the drive won't boot I wonder if all/most of the data would be accessible if you booted from a KNOPPIX CD.
S.M.A.R.T. (if turned on) is designed as an early warning system for failing drives and by default places warnings in /var/log/messages.
Dennisk
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