[TriLUG] Hard drive recovery

[Jason Faulkner]

> I've assumed (without any real data) that the clicking was
> due to breaking of the wires on the ribbon cable to the
> heads from the flexing. I didn't think that electronics
> would die.

The "click of death" is caused whenever the head crashes slowly and
gently into the platter and pounces back up... that's why in "worst
case scenarios" you get "click... click... click... GRIND".

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Jason Faulkner 
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