Recovering data from bad hard disk sectors ? (WAS: Feisty: recent updates causing freezes ??)
cj
debiani386 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 12 00:03:46 UTC 2007
SteVe Cook wrote:
>> Actually, I read about people putting the disk in the freezer overnight,
>> and then got it running for long enough to get the data out.
>> No, it's not a joke, and no, I did not try it myself.
>> Desperate times calls for desperate measures?
>>
>>
> It does work for some faults. I've done it. An hour in the freezer
> 10mins in the machine back to fridge, in the machine again. Eventually
> rescued all the data on the disk. Always worth a try as things can't
> get any worse.
>
> SteVe
>
>
hmm..id try cooling spray instead of the freezer, but thats beside the point
--cj
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