On Wednesday July 16 2003 01:20 pm, James Sparenberg wrote:
> I'm reminded of a story from a friend of mine. Had a HDD
> overheat. Couldn't read it. Stuck it in the freezer overnight.
> And then it would work for about 30 minutes. Stick it back in
> the freezer... read off more data. About 5 or 6 cycles of this
> were needed before they could get all the data off of it, and
> then trash it. (Why I like seagates new drives they run super
> cool.)
>
> James
hddtemp-0.3-0.beta4.2mdk (rpm)
[root /tom] $ hddtemp /dev/hd[ab]
/dev/hda: Maxtor 6Y080L0: 67°C
/dev/hdb: MAXTOR 6L040J2: 47°C
I don't know whether to believe this output or not. They're good
performing HDD's, not a hint of problem. Jeez, I could proly use
the 80gig for cookin breakfast too (?)
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