[mythtvnz] Possibly off topic - HDD recovery

[Steve Nicholson]

On 12/06/14 18:09, tortise wrote:
> Would anyone have experience of or recommend who in New Zealand has good
> expertise in data recovery from a sick HDD, realising a few hundred
> dollars will likely be required. The recent Seagate HDD in question has
> about 10 click cycles on power up then spins down...
> Much obliged for any advice or experience that may help.

I had a sick server HDD years ago I managed to recover all the data by 
putting it in the freezer over night. Then next day quickly transferring 
everything off I needed as soon as I plugged it back in the server. This 
only works for problems caused be heat obviously, helps with worn 
bearings/shafts that sick giving them an extra thou or so to move.

Sorry can't help on the experts you can send it to for recovery.

Steve