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Bob Toxen wrote:

>Put the drive in your refrigerator or freezer, either near the fan or
>also put a small fan in.
>
>If you still cannot get more than a few minutes operations, either
>rsync (like someone else suggested) or use the dd program to copy until
>it dies, then cool and re-invoke dd with the skil and seek options
>to pick up after the last good block already copied.
>
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&gt;On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 01:05:25PM -0500, John Mills wrote:
&gt;  
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&gt;&gt;ALErs -
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;I have a problem repairing a friend's MsWin Dell 'Inspiron 2600' notebook.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;The old HDD will only run a few minutes before it ceases to respond,
&gt;&gt;probably due to internal overheating. I get the same results when the HDD
&gt;&gt;is extended externally on a 'Simple Drive' PCMCIA adapter, so I really
&gt;&gt;think it's the HDD that is causing the problem, not general internal
&gt;&gt;overheating of the laptop.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;No problem installing a new drive (now done, in fact), but I foresee a
&gt;&gt;long and painful migration of user data, even after a clean &amp;8-) MsWin
&gt;&gt;reinstallation from CD.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;The drive's current, usable half-life is far too little to transfer any 
&gt;&gt;great fraction of [say] the user's documents, etc. I get perhaps 300 MBy, 
&gt;&gt;then it clams up. Turn off, cool down, try again, and repeat ...
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;Questions:
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt; 1. What directories should I copy first to migrate e-mail and web links
&gt;&gt;of importance?
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt; 2. It would sure be nice to migrate the whole installation if 
&gt;&gt;I can find a suitable MS tool. Any recommendations?
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt; 3. Other than a fan, any clever ideas to keep this #$%&amp;!! working long
&gt;&gt;enough to dump a good fraction of its data? (I plan setting it on a
&gt;&gt;cold-block and see if that helps.)
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;I have MsWin and Linux both available as hosts, FWIW. I also have an
&gt;&gt;adapter to connect the 2.5&quot; notebook HDD to a standard PC-format IDE
&gt;&gt;controller.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;Thanks for any guidance.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt; - John Mills
&gt;&gt;   john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu
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