Every one is talking about getting data off a hard drive I recently had a Fujitsu died with important data ( The back up hard drive was being used temp for a few days, Ya Murphy's law ) I asked around on ideas on how to get the data off. One trick some one told me was to stick it in a freezer for a half hour and then try it. I have been told this will loosen up the barring ( I have a feeling that's not the true reason it works ) To note the Fujitsu took more convincing as I set it in a heavy duty zip lock bad and sit it in ice water to get the effect last longer. This worked a number of times until the zip lock leaked so if any one has a board to a 30G Fujitsu send me a email at archmage@ican.net -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads