[TriLUG] OT: Laptop Hard Drive

[Tom Eisenmenger]

If you're just looking for a quick spin-up so you can back the drive up, 
I've had some success putting the drive in a ziplock freezer bag, 
squeeze out as much air as possible, put it in a freezer for an hour or 
so, then install and try to boot.  Out of desperation, I've also whacked 
the drive with the palm of my hand (FYI, "whack" is indeed a technical 
term  ;-)  It is preferable to remove it from the PC before doing so.

When I get home, I'll look around to see if I have a gently-used drive 
that would work for you in the meantime.  I can tell you now that if I 
do have one it won't be 320GB, probably more like 80-120GB :(  Would 
that do?

Tom

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Brian Blater wrote:

> This is a shot in the dark, but I thought I would give it a try 
> anyways.
>
> I've got an older MacBook Pro (pre-unibody) that the hard drive just
> died on me yesterday. If I power it on, all I get is a "clunk" sound
> that continues until I power it off. I figure the drive is toast, but
> thought I would ask if there is any kind of trick that might get it
> working.
>
> Other than that, I thought about buying a new HDD, but when I looked
> at Newegg they had a very slim selection. I guess the floods in Asia
> really are causing a lack of hard drives.
>
> Anyone have a spare SATA 2.5" laptop drive (preferably 320GB or
> larger) they would like to get rid of?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
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