Recovering data from failed Maxtor One Touch II drive

[Hodgins Family]

Good afternoon!

> Ok, I sealed the drive up in a plastic bag + loads of tape and then
> put it in a tupperware container in the freezer (to avoid condensation
> problems, if there are any).  I'll see whether it behaves tomorrow
> morning.  If that doesn't work I'll try knocking it on something hard
> and if THAT doesn't work, I'll investigate cheap data recovery.

Let us know what happens! Freeze-dried data recovery? Too cool!

Rob