July 22, 2009: One of my hard drives turned out to be dead.
When I disconnected it from the computer - all is well, the computer is working fine without the missing HD, only I had very important data on it and must resurrect it.
when I connect it - the whole system is freezing So I belive it is something to do with the logic board. I googled it up and came upon this.
Basically, I need another HD with the same properties (manufacturer, model,firmware) and just switch the logic board which should be easy and hopefully work.
I now need to find a similar HD for the replacement.
July 23, 2009: Well, no luck in finding a similar HD and sending the HD to data recovery is more than 150$. Before I spend so much money I would like to check the cheapest option:
Freezing the HD. lets see what happens...
July 23, 2009, supplemental: it worked!
I was able to recover the data after few hours in the freezer. I hardly believed it, but it actually worked. I'll now spend my money buying a larger HD.
wooohooo!
