On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:23:32 -0700 Charlie Bullen wrote: > Hi, anyone know of a local service that can restore data from a > physically malfunctioning hard drive? The drive produces a loud > clicking. The drive will not boot and upon turning the computer on, I > get a message saying smart command failure. > > Thanks, > > Charlie Charlie, As others have pointed out, professional data recovery is EX$PEN$IVE. Although the drive won't boot I wonder if all/most of the data would be accessible if you booted from a KNOPPIX CD. S.M.A.R.T. (if turned on) is designed as an early warning system for failing drives and by default places warnings in /var/log/messages. Dennisk --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss