Thanks everybody for the assistance.
As far as to what type of hard drive it is I am not sure yet. All I know is
that it was manufactured to military specks along with the laptop it is in.
So fixing it could be fun.
First I am going to try the temperature change suggestion as that is the
easiest and least invasive.
If that doesn't work then I am going to go for slightly more radical surgery.
Finally if that doesn't solve the problem I do have a big hammer that is
guarantee to stop it from making noise.
Thanks
Frank
On Tuesday 16 July 2002 11:03, awyatt@fewt.com wrote:
> > 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.
>
> If you hear it click, then it's moving. Sounds to me like the heads are
> slightly out of alignment. If you are brave, you can take the cover off the
> drive (Do it in a dust free area!) and adjust the head with an Allen
> wrench. Eventually if you are careful enough, you will be able to read the
> disk to get your data off of it. You have to realize though that the Allen
> wrench doesn't have to move to realign that head lol. What type of drive is
> it? Make/Model?
>
> -Andrew (Been there, done that)
>
> -Andrew
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