[PB] PBG4 Hard Drive won't spin

[David H. Lynch Jr.]

Michael Lamb wrote:

> Any suggestions on getting a dead drive to spin again just long enough
> to rescue data? (Symptom before dying: noisy change in RPM for slow to
> fast to slow, repeating; now it is silent and does not appear on the
> Desktop.)
>
The Drive recovery companies open the drive in a clean room, and fasten
an external motor to the platters to spin them up to the right speed -
not a do-it-yourself from home project.