[ubuntu-uk] Hard drive- Bad sectors

David King linuxman at avoura.com
Fri Apr 16 14:42:45 BST 2010



Adam Bagnall wrote:
> As a true last resort you can try putting the drive in a sealed bag 
> (to prevent condensation) and then in the freezer for a few hours. A 
> quick google shows there are many reports of this working, although 
> I've never tried it and hope I never have to...
>
> Regards,
>     Adam.

I have also read about this method. Some websites say do not do it, 
others say do it. I tried it once with a damaged hard drive, and it 
definitely worked and allowed me to recover data that was otherwise 
inaccessible.


David





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