On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:03, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:35:08 +1300 > > Maurice Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > the freeze is an urban myth and causes more problems than it solves due > > to condensation and other bits moving out of tolerance. Recovery depends > > on what type the failure is i.e. Mechanical - Plater motor, head servo, > > bearings Electronics - cct board failure or worse head crash. if the disk > > is runable with out I agree with dd the whole lot else where. The less > > you run the disk before recovering the data the better. > > > > Maurice > > Dunno about you, but I'm talking from personal experience. It'll give you > the odd hour or so if it's an electronic failure. > > Steve
I second that, from actual experience. Wayne
