Data Disaster Horror Stories

[mandy]

Most unusual data disaster horror stories for 2007
A man in Thailand took the cover of his hard drive off and sprayed the interior with insect repellent

An ant-infested hard drive and a failing parachute top a list of data disaster horror stories for 2007.

The list, provided by Kroll Inc.'s Ontrack Data Recovery unit, illustrates some of the strangest and wackiest things that people put electronic storage devices through on a regular basis.

Putting drives in the washing machine. Using oil to stop them from squeaking. These are just two examples of the user bloopers the company's engineers nominated for inclusion on the list. Remarkably, Kroll data recovery specialists were able to recover the data in both instances..

full article: http://www.computerworld.com/action/arti...ticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9051298&taxonomyId=19&intsrc=kc_top

[rose]

A British scientist was fed up with the way his hard drive was squeaking, so he drilled a hole through the casing and poured oil into the mechanics. The squeaking stopped, and so did the hard drive.

[lukeatme7]

I have quite the same experience as the man in Thailand. Few months ago my hard drive was "invaded" by ants taking away its foamy cover and making it as food.  By the time I found those little creatures it was too late for me as I turned on the system and all I got was a hard drive error. It was such disappointing especially when you learn you haven't backup your data   Well at least I didn't spray it with insect repellent