There's not much hope if a drive is defective. Data recovery services can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. Once again, the value of a backup program has bes demonstrated. Chilangisha B Changwe wrote: > Will this work if the drive is defective somehow? There must be read > somehow and this I guess is a mechanicanical operation followed transfer > of data to memory? > > chilangisha changwe > > On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:45:14 -0500, "Hugh Vandervoort" > <[log in to unmask]> said: >> Yes. It's fairly easy and cheap to do, and you'll have a handy backup >> device when you're done. >> It wouldn't be hard to install this as a slave in another machine and >> copy the files if you'd prefer. The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com