If you toss it in the freezer for a while (protect it from moisture...), you may be able to get some data off of it. There are some HOWTOs about that on the web. I would run a USB and power cable inside the freezer and use a laptop to get the data off. -Dave > Hi folks, > > I just had the misfortune of having my hard drive crash on me ... it seems > like a mechanical failure ... horrible clicking noises ... > > There is some data on there that I haven't backed up recently, plus, I had > used this drive as a backup for data on some other hard drive ... while > this > is not catastrophic data loss, I was wondering if folks had any > suggestions > for recovering data in the face of mechanical failure ... or what it might > cost if I paid some service for data recovery in the twin cities. > > It is a ext3 file system .. though not sure that matters ... > > Thanks, > Subbu. > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dave Carlson <thecubic at thecubic.net>