[X4U] Disk Recovery?

[Bob Aldridge]

John Boccio wrote:

> I have a LaCie 200 GB firewire drive that has gone kaput.
>
> It just clicks for a while as it tries to mount and then asks to
> be initialized.
>
> It cannot be seen by Diskwarrior or Data Rescue.
>
> I need to get about 100 GB of data .WAV files off of this disk, if  
> possible.
>
> Any recommendations about people who do disk recovery.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Boccio
> boccio at swarthmore.edu
>
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You might try slapping it a few times pretty hard. I have done that a 
few time on hard drives that exhibit the clicking noise. That might get 
it to boot long enough to grab your data. Usually though, if it is 
clicking then it is dead, or very near death. Good luck!

--Bob Aldridge
Huntsville, AL