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Old Dec 8, 2009, 05:00 AM   #1
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Hi, I have a Macbook pro 15" with snow leopard and recently I had a strange problem.

I own also a custom made enclousure, AZIO is the brand. I've never had a problem, but the other day when the electricity gone, the enclousure turned off but not the same the MB pro (battery, of course). Snow Leopard said that there was a problem in the disc (because of the electric failure) but when the electricity returned (I didn't turned off the enclouysre) I wasn't able to write data in the external disc, but can read it.

I turned off the enclosure and Snow Leopard didn't recognized it. In fact, the disc started to sound strange, like a siren or an alarm... Such a strange sound.

I tried conecting it on a PC without the enclousure, but the same sound was produced.

What do you think? I hace about 300 GB of valuable data there and I don't want to lose it... Any idea?

Thanks to all guys
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Old Dec 8, 2009, 05:08 AM   #2
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It doesn't sound good. how did you connect it to the PC without the enclosure?
You might want to try it with another PC to make sure.
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Put your drive in the freezer for an hour than try it again. If you think I am pulling your nutsack, I am not.
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Old Dec 8, 2009, 06:14 AM   #4
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Put your drive in the freezer for an hour than try it again. If you think I am pulling your nutsack, I am not.
make sure it is in a waterproof bag first.

Also, if it works after that, COPY all files, because it won't work for ever.
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That freezer trick works wonders.
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That freezer trick works wonders.
I can vouch for that It worked for my 40Gb Hdd

@ PC_Inquisitor it sounds to me like the Hdd has kicked the bucket(dead) the weird sound is a dead giveaway that the mechanism for reading the Hdd is stuck or scratching the head
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Odd how the freezer trick works. I suppose metal contracts when it gets cold so it may help out with the moving parts some how.

If this doesn't work and you are out of options you could take it to a company that specializes in data recovery but I doubt you'll like the cost.
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Yeah but there's no better feeling then getting your favorit por....family pictures back.
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Yeah but there's no better feeling then getting your favorit por....family pictures back.
they could be one and the same....

but yes, if the freezer trick does manage to get your drive in working order - backup immediately! (Then back up again, so you've got at least two copies of everything you want to keep, preferably three - keep one at the office)
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It doesn't sound good. how did you connect it to the PC without the enclosure?
You might want to try it with another PC to make sure.
I connected it by SATA 2 cable and the SATA power cord.

I will try the freezer trick... I hope It works, in other case... Bye to the last 10 years of my life
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If it works make sure you have plenty of room elsewhere to copy your files ASAP.
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