If you add silica packets or uncooked rice to the bag they will absorb moisture. As for pro recovery it's pricey. Data doctors is one of the few places I know locally that does recovery (drive platter transplant ect) On Nov 13, 2012 5:11 AM, "kitepi...@kitepilot.com" <kitepi...@kitepilot.com> wrote:
> This is what I've done in the past: > Seal the HD inside a plastic bag in the driest environment you can find. > Leave it overnite in the freezer (there are other opinions, I'm just > stating what/how has worked for me) > Have a puter ready and much better if you can hot-plug the thing. > Have enough space for the FULL drive and get ddrescue or dd-rescue (they > *ARE* different, and I have to research it every time). > Lite candles, do your prayers, find you a goat to sacrifice, pull the HD > out of the plastic bag, wrap it in paper towel in case you get some > condensation and go for it. Sometimes I keep it super-cool wrapped around > some of those freezing gels. I have never used dry ice but I have thought > about it. The explanation has to do with some internal tolerances being > reduced to the point that it temporarily functions. I try to disturb the > drive as little as possible during the copy. All this may be just VooDoo > and sorcery, but again, it has worked for me. > YMMV... > ET > PS: Free advice, can't sue me... :) > > > Eric Cope writes: > >> Hi all, >> I have a Western Digital 2.5" hard drive that spins up, but makes a >> terrible clicking sound at approximately 1Hz. The clicking is bad enough >> you can feel it when holding the drive. I did some reading on line, and >> its >> beyond my skillset. Does anyone know if affordable drive recovery? The >> data >> on this disk is not worth thousands, but may be worth 100s. >> Thanks in advance, >> Eric >> > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > plug-disc...@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us<PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >
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