On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:10:23 -0400 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If all is > lost, you can wipe the disk with BCWipe (www.jetico.com) then test > again with Spinrite. This has recovered several disks for me. Wipe it with dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd0c count=10, or just take the drive out and beat the crap out of it with a sledge hammer! (Even better if the platters are silicon dioxide rather than aluminum. The industry is moving back to the glass due to perpindicular recording which can't use aluminum as a substrate.) I once used a pick-axe on a drive, the largest piece still intact was about the size of a US quarter. Try getting data off that!
