Copying A Disk

[Pete Holsberg]

Brian McKee has written on 7/12/2008 2:19 PM:
> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>   
>> Pete Holsberg wrote:
>>
>>
>>     
>>> sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
>>>
>>> Unable to read /dev/sdb
>>>       
>> oops.  Sounds like it's _really_ toasted.
>>     
>
> As a *last resort*  - and don't expect it to work - Sometimes
> (have I put enough qualifiers in here yet?)
>
> put the harddrive in a ziplock bag with as little air as possible.
> Stick it in the freezer for at least a couple hours so it's completely
> cold-soaked.
>
> Take it back out and try again - maybe with one of those gel cold paks
> on top if it to help keep it cold while you are using it.
>
> Twice now I've gotten quite a bit more data off a drive this way then
> when it was hot.
>
> Of course there's been another 4 or 5 attempts where this made no
> difference at all.  So, YMMV...

Thanks. The drive which is not in any enclosure of any kind is cool to 
the tough after being powered on all night.