IBM microdrive died

[blake_wallen]

I have a 1 Gig Microdrive that i have used for about six months and

it will not reformat and it makes i whining noise when i try. I have

tried in my fuji s2 and when i put it in memory card reader it is

like it is not there. Any ideas is it a total loss.

Thanks, Blake

[basscheffers]

Whining harddrives are usualy a total loss, yes. Hopefully there isn't anything you want back because although data recovery can be done, it is very expensive and IBM won't do it under waranty, the best you can get is a new drive.

[sergey_oboguev]

Is it still under warranty?

[ed_s.]

Hi Blake..Whining in a hard drive is usually a " bearing " related noise..of the spinning disc media platters.

 

If you can tolerate the " noise " ; there's software that can " actually " access the drive and get around the " bad areas at the front end of the beginning of the drive."

 

These programs are able to " see that the " original places on the drive's media recording surfaces are " damaged " and " un-useable ".

 

Then the programs " can if there's a chance " ; create/move to a different spot on the drive...

 

For example..drive starts track 0..ends at track 200..If the tracks "0-24" are damaged the software can allow you to MAKE a new point to create the partiton say beginning NOW at track 25 and upwards.

 

Not sure if I am " allowed " here to post a suggestive software by name or not...? I have used "Disk Manager" software ; often there's an exact version made to be able to work on each manufacturer's drives..for ex.. Seagate ; Western Digital..etc.

 

Not sure what's available in the IBM realm of things.

 

Hope this info helps....and as the other posters stated ; Blake ; the drive's on it's " last leg " so to speak...

 

Might pop it into a card reader and utilize the drive for storage backups but...it's failing...Ed~ USA-NY