On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:56:35 -0600 "Daniel C." <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Garth Hill<[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a friend who frizzled her hard drive. I don't know the > > extent, but she took it to geek squad or best buy and they told her > > $1600 to get the data back. Does anyone know of a cheaper or free > > as in pizza way of doing this? > > Put it in the freezer overnight, then try it again. It may spin up > long enough to get data off of it. Two thoughts here: don't let it get below the minimum storage temperature. The lubricants will turn to jelly and make it harder to start the spindle motor, and could even damage it. Also, be very careful of humidity: you don't need condensate shorting across PCB leads. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
