neikous Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Hey, Ok so I did something hilarious today and wanted to share it with someone. I had a completely dead 30 GB laptop hard drive from who knows how long ago. I got bored with it not working so I bashed it against the table a few times and viola. The horrible clicking sounds of the drive ceased, and the drive is working wonders now. Now mind you, I won't be putting any important data on this and I only expect it to last the whole 30 minutes, but I am very proud of what I've done, and I hope some of you are proud of this incredible breakthrough as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132258-my-unconventional-method-of-repairing-a-dead-hard-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprjacob Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 lol. Kinda like tapping on an old CRT monitor to restore the colors. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132258-my-unconventional-method-of-repairing-a-dead-hard-drive/#findComment-938109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgang Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I've had good luck with recovery after leaving them outside to get cold at night. I've read about freezing then dropping, but I can't bring myself to do that . . . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132258-my-unconventional-method-of-repairing-a-dead-hard-drive/#findComment-938197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
inimicus Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I disassembled an old 100MB laptop HD once. That was fun. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132258-my-unconventional-method-of-repairing-a-dead-hard-drive/#findComment-941650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geiman Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 A hard tap on the corner of a hard drive is a common fix when no other alternative has worked. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132258-my-unconventional-method-of-repairing-a-dead-hard-drive/#findComment-941660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludacrisvp Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 That method has "fixed" several iPod video 5th gens. They must have used a very poor drive for them, I know 5 people with them and all of them have had hard drive issues. This method got 4 of them going again for about another year, the 5th one only lasted about the time it took to backup the drive and it never spun-up again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132258-my-unconventional-method-of-repairing-a-dead-hard-drive/#findComment-941865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
splits Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I tried this method on a laptop LCD screen...they aren't as sturdy as a hard drive I guess :/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/132258-my-unconventional-method-of-repairing-a-dead-hard-drive/#findComment-942309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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