Re: computer hypothermia -- help!
on Mon, 30 Dec 2002 04:50:45PM -0500, George Georgalis insinuated:
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 04:08:43PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> >thanks for the suggestion. after a bunch of hard-drive swapping with
> >another functional computer, i'm pretty sure it's the hard drive just
> >gone beserk. :( oh well ... thanks for your help!
>
> aaah, hd failure, they come in all shapes and forms. Your other
> posts indicated it would work for 1/2 hour or so. I'm guessing it's
> heat related.
well, that well could be ... though it seems to be indeterminate.
sometimes it will stay up five minutes, sometimes two hours. i really
haven't managed to locate it.
> So, maybe if the drive is attached to something big and cold outside
> (read: to dissipate the heat) you can get some more info off of it
> before it warms up? (or maybe just put the pc on the porch and get
> the backups by regular networking)? Presuming of course, it's still
> cold where you are.
:) not as cold as Wisconsin usually is! thanks, though ... i have
most of the data i want off of it already on CD, but if i decide i
need my 24G of music off it, i'll try putting it on the porch.
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