[itdiscuss] Gummy Hard Drive

[Darin Rohatinsky]

This might not help for the current situation, but on a personal note, my
Lenovo X61 Tablet has a spillproof keyboard.  This has been the best
hardware investment I've made.  And it's been tested:
http://www.vasanth.in/2007/09/26/testing-the-spill-proof-keyboard-of-the-x61/
 and http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=868.

2009/9/16 <blloyd at buskercom.com>

>  A pastor for the church that my boss is a member of has recently spilt
> sweet tea into his laptop, which gummed up the inside of his hard drive.  It
> is so gummed up that it will not spin up to recover data.  Now I am willing
> to open up the HD case and try to remove the gum and put it back together
> long enough to get data off.  We would send it off to be recovered, but it
> costs too much money for him to afford.
>
>
>
> What I’m wondering is what you all think about this?  Any similar
> situations?
>
>
> Bill Lloyd
> IT Manager
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