Plus the good smack can feel sooo good if the darn thing refuses to work. :-)
IBM knew about this in the 60s. One of their repair manuals supposedly included this: "Please remember the parts you are reassembling were once all together. By all means, do not use a hammer." -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony B Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] dead drives fixed in freezer? It's just common sense that temperature changes might unstick things. You could also try heating it up. Not with your propane torch, but just by letting it sit powered up for a few minutes. Don't discount the value of a good smack or two on the side of the drive. On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Janaki Kuruppu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, does someone have a scientific explanation for _why_ freezing works?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Tony B > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] dead drives fixed in freezer? > > Yes, this trick can work, but there's an elephant in the room. i.e., > Why didn't the person have all the important data on the drive backed > up so they didn't *have* to go to the ridiculous extreme of freezing > the drive? > > Actually, there's probably a second elephant too. When a drive won't > spin up, you can usually get it to by a) waiting a bit or b) smacking > it with a screwdriver a few times. > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:36 AM, GK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So we decided to put it in the freezer, as the old urban legend says. Oh > my >> god, wouldn't you know it, it worked! We put it in the freezer for over > 24 >> hours and when my husband remounted it, the drive was recognized and he > was >> able to get ALL of the data. > > > ************************************************************************ * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************ * > > > ************************************************************************ * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************ * > ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
