Came across this article about recovering data from a hard drive
salvaged from the debris of the Columbia space shuttle...
<http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/S/SHUTTLE_RECOVERED_DATA?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>
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However, at the core of the drive, the spinning metal platters that
actually store data were not warped. They had been gouged and pitted,
but the 340-megabyte drive was only half full, and the damage happened
where data had not yet been written.
Edwards attributes that to a lucky twist: The computer was running an
ancient operating system, DOS, which does not scatter data all over
drives as other approaches do.
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There ya go! Yet another reason to stick with the tried and true methods!
Best,
Frank
