Well it set up for 5 years and it is a 386 box and I seem to recall buying the
computer in 82 or was it 83 not quite certain there so it must be 20 years or
so old.
As to freeze up. It starts, spends up, and then starts to read but apparently
the rear arm does not move because you keep hearing it click.
I have tried bouncing the computer not too hard and numerous start attempts
but so far no greater action.
Oh Yes, it did run Toms very well but I haven't tried it since the hard drive
froze.
The data I am seeking is specialized icons for visio or kvivo used in electric
power system design.
Thanks
Frank
> > Does anyone know how to get a hard drive to unfreeze after nonusage for 3
> > to 5 years?
>
> But seriously, what do you mean by freeze? Does the drive appear to have
> no power? Or does the drive have power, but the heads or platters aren't
> functioning properly?
>
> > Hard drive is in an old 386 laptop that has been setting on a shelf for
> > five years.
>
> 386 Laptop = a mini Linux firewall perhaps? Coyote Linux?
>
> > The critical part is not the hard drive but the data stored on the hard
> > drive.
>
> If something is mechanically wrong with drive, you will more than likely
> need to send the drive to the manufacturer for repair, at which point
> they will not guarantee data integrity -- assuming the manufacturer is
> still in business and/or supporting the old drive.
> How important is the data? Is it a recipe for guacamole brownies or next
> weeks winning lottery number?
> I suspect it would be expensive to have a advanced data recovery company
> look at the drive:
> http://www.google.com/search?q=advanced+data+recovery
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