9.04 can't find second hard drive.

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Tue, 7/21/09, Cybe R. Wizard <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:

> From: Cybe R. Wizard <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: 9.04 can't find second hard drive.
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 8:20 PM
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:11:32 -0500
> Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I've heard that one can freeze a HD, and it *might*
> work again for a
> > short while.  I've never had to find out whether
> or not it works,
> 
> I would never even think of trying this as the resultant
> condensation
> can do no good for your electronics.  I think it's
> a  trick to destroy
> more than just the drive.
>

Bah Humbug.  I've done this and you can easily protect the HDD with a sealed freezer bag.  AAMOF, the drive is still being used today and only had a corrupt file system.  A fornat and reinstall fixed it.  Has been running for near a year.
 
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net