If it can be put back into the external enclosure then put it into the freezer and leave it there just run the wires out of the freezer and pull the data while it is closed up in there. I had to do this once with a laptop. I was able to keep the drive going for several days before it died completely. Don't ask why it took several days that was more due to the user.
Jon On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > Speculating about the increased cost they quoted...probably has to be done > more than one time to pull the data from it. > The drive may heat up enough where it locks up again, so they have to go > back and freeze it multiple times...a hassle. > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Jonathan Link > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Seems like it could be a good candidate for the freezer trick... >> >> http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html >> >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Alverson, Tom (Xetron) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A friend has an external Seagate 1TB drive that died on them and it has >>> the only copy of a lot of the photos they took. I took the USB enclosure >>> apart and connected the SATA drive up directly to a PC, but the motor does >>> not spin at all (you can hear the heads move some at power up). She took >>> it to a local shop where they said it would cost $300 to recover the data, >>> but then changed that to $1000 when they found out it was a “large” drive >>> (1TB). >>> >>> >>> >>> Does anyone know of a good affordable place that will do this? Their >>> pictures are not worth $1000 at this point. >>> >>> >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
