It was great. I left it in the freezer the whole time (with the extention running out between the gasket. The colder it got, the longer between "failures" I had.
With out the cold, the drive immeadiately fails. I owe whomever figured out the freezer trick big time... -- ME2 On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:14 AM, James Hill <[email protected]>wrote: > Never heard of that one! I rescued the data off an IBM “Deathstar” > thanks to multiple visits to the freezer. > > > > I like the ingenuity of the extention cords J > > > > *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 7 September 2010 3:52 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* FYI: "Freezer Trick" works on "dead" flash/thumb drives > > > > I'd never heard of anyone doing it before, but it just let me get the data > off of mine (albeit in many ~10 second incriments). > > > > Viva la flexible ice packs... > > Viva la USB extentions cords... > > Viva la robocopy... > > > > That is all. > > -- > ME2 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
