salvaging a dying hard disk

[Jacob Mansfield]

you should only chill the drive for fifteen to twenty mins. otherwise the
read arm will freeze into position, and then your drive /is/ dead
Jacob Mansfield
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On 29 July 2011 07:36, nathan nolast <nathan1465 at gmail.com> wrote:

> im interested in knowing if the freezer trick works, please keep us up to
> date. I would make sure you are ready to copy over your needed data in the
> event that it does work for a short amount of time.  I had a friend that
>
> 1. pre chilled the drive in the freezer
> 2. set up the hdd to be connected and run from the freezer via USB
>
>
> and it worked for him. good luck.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Curt Tresenriter <ctres at grics.net>wrote:
>
>> On 7/28/2011 10:29 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>>> On 28 July 2011 16:00, compdoc<compdoc at hotrodpc.com>  wrote:
>>> Whether it has any material effect and whether that effect is beneficial
>>> or otherwise is another matter.
>>>
>> Colin
>>
>> It will be a bit before I can try it but I'll let you all know what
>> happens.
>>
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