[dba-Tech] External Hard Drive Failing

Is there anything a little less pricey?  Mind you if I have to pay USD89 
to rescue my priceless data (that I thought was put safely away), I 
will.  If I don't have to pay that much I 'd rather not.
Thanks
Tina

Fred Hooper wrote:
> I've used SpinRite for years both for fixing and preventing drive failure. I
> know of no downside to using it.
>
> Good luck,
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:09 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] External Hard Drive Failing
>
> I do not have it (although I keep meaning to get it), I have always heard
> good things about SpinRite.
> http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Bobby
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris
> Fields
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 3:56 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: [dba-Tech] External Hard Drive Failing
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been using a SimpleTech 120Gb USB external hard drive for my backup 
> storage.  It's also the one place I've been putting all my downloaded 
> files, and all my photos.  It started making little sounds reminiscent 
> of a floppy drive having trouble reading a diskette formatted on another 
> drive - you know, the bearings are worn just a little differently, so 
> the tracks don't line up perfectly when the disk is being accessed in 
> one machine, but there is no problem when it's being accessed in the 
> other machine.  The external drive started making that kind of sound - 
> having a little trouble reading.  I was thinking that I would replace 
> that hard drive soon, but it stopped reading before I got around to 
> replacing it.  Now any attempt to access it results in the message that 
> the drive is not formatted and would I like to format it now.  No, I 
> don't want to format it now - I want to copy all the backed up stuff I 
> have on it and put it all on the nice new 500Gb external hard drive I 
> have. 
>
> What tools are out there that do what the Norton Utilities used to do 
> back in DOS days?  There used to be a good Norton Utility that let one 
> have access to a disk that DOS couldn't read - what's out there now that 
> I might use to recover the good stuff I put away on this drive for 
> safekeeping?
>
> I will appreciate any help at all on this.
>
> Tina
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