From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 13 09:02:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA23463 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 09:02:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [204.178.32.161]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA23457 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 09:02:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA02091; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 12:08:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 12:08:07 -0500 (EST) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Mark Murray cc: Vincent Poy , chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hard Disk Repair In-Reply-To: <199702130948.LAA05518@grackle.grondar.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk We sent in a disk that had less severe damage than that to a firm called "DriveSavers". The problem with ours was a partially hosed board that in turn fried the spindle motor. There was no physical damage to the platters, all they did was take the guts and swap them into a new housing. This cost about $3500. A head crash is more severe. We now have a thorough backup routine... Charles On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Mark Murray wrote: > Vincent Poy wrote: > > > In short - head crashed disks are useful only as bricks or boat > > > anchors. > > > > Really? You mean for a $2200 HD, it can't even be repaired? > > The secret is the middle word: Beyond ECONOMIC Repair. Some can be, > some can't. Mostly it's too fscking expensive. > > M > -- > Mark Murray PGP key fingerprint = 80 36 6E 40 83 D6 8A 36 > This .sig is umop ap!sdn. BC 06 EA 0E 7A F2 CE CE >