On Mar 11, 2017, at 12:42 PM, Alex Ander <photo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The hard drive on my PM 5300 looks like it has failed. Is there any truth > that freezing the drive might restore it or is it one of those myths?
I had success once, and failure twice, freezing a bad HD. I also had a HD that overheated very quickly, I was able to run an air hose from a compressor into my house, and start with ‘cold’ (not frozen) HD with air blasting over it. I was able to copy all the data off the HD before it died from heat, and it would always quit working in only 10 minutes without the air cooling blasting over it. Failing HDs need to be copied ASAP and trashed, they can’t be saved, only the data on them can be saved. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
