Re: [H] Dead hdd--freezer!
hmm, I have a lappy drive that died mysteriously only chirps without spinning. Will have to try this! Scott Sipe wrote: So I posted awhile ago that I had had a new Seagate drive die (not recognized by computer, made a weird chirping noise). I finally got around to trying something I had always wanted to try--putting it in the freezer. So I put two layers of ziploc bag around the diskd and plopped it into the freezer for about 9-10 hours. I then took it out of the bags and hooked it up immediately to my computer. I propped it up slightly and put a high powered room fan on it, to hopefully get rid of condensation. Then turned on the computer--at first it chirped a couple times and was NOT recognized by the BIOS as windows booted. Then the chirping stop, and I rebooted to find that it was recognized in the BIOS, windows saw the partition, and I'm currently copying some data off--cool! Not Tim Lider, but the next best thing maybe :) Scott Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting
RE: [H] Dead hdd--freezer!
I have done this with a desk top hdd, Someone on the list here told me about it. I coudn;t read the drive and there was data I had to have. I put the drive in the freezer for about 4 hours. Popped it in the computer and could read the drive for about 10 minutes. When it stopped reading put back in the freezer for 4 more hours and repeat.Got all my critical information though it took several days.Give it a try, all it can do is not work. :)Harveyhbest Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:22:10 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [H] Dead hdd--freezer! To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com hmm, I have a lappy drive that died mysteriously only chirps without spinning. Will have to try this! Scott Sipe wrote: So I posted awhile ago that I had had a new Seagate drive die (not recognized by computer, made a weird chirping noise). I finally got around to trying something I had always wanted to try--putting it in the freezer.So I put two layers of ziploc bag around the diskd and plopped it into the freezer for about 9-10 hours.I then took it out of the bags and hooked it up immediately to my computer. I propped it up slightly and put a high powered room fan on it, to hopefully get rid of condensation.Then turned on the computer--at first it chirped a couple times and was NOT recognized by the BIOS as windows booted. Then the chirping stop, and I rebooted to find that it was recognized in the BIOS, windows saw the partition, and I'm currently copying some data off--cool!Not Tim Lider, but the next best thing maybe :)Scott Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting _ See what you’re getting into…before you go there. http://newlivehotmail.com
RE: [H] Dead hdd--freezer!
Chirping means the spindle motor is damaged or the Heads had landed on the platter and have been Affixed to the media surface. I don't think Freezing it will work. Freezing only works if there is an issue with heat and Thermal Recalibration. Tim The Beave Lider E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of j maccraw Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:22 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Dead hdd--freezer! hmm, I have a lappy drive that died mysteriously only chirps without spinning. Will have to try this!
AMS makes junk, avoid! was Re: [H] Dead hdd--freezer!
All I know is it was in a laptop on my desk running 24/7 and one day I found it dead. It's less of a loss than the drive I just lost due to over voltage from a design flaw in the AMS Venus Dock laptop cooler. I had just started using a spare laptop drive in it as near-line storage to work on some data that could not fit internal laptop drive and was not backed up elsewhere. The stupid morons at AMS choose to use a coax power connector size spec'd for 10Vdc as the dock's power connector while the dock is only 5V. Well of course with their Venus DS3 external HDD case on my desk which uses same size connector (as do all 12V external cases and I have several), I plugged in it's 12V adapter to the dock by accident fried my spare laptop drive and I think the dock. When contacted with the design flaw they put it off on me even though it should have been a much smaller plug given the low voltage or at least the dock should have shunted or regulated the overage. Now I am stuck with 2 of their devices, one dead, and a dead out-of-warranty drive for about $150 lost overall not to mention my data. Still arguing with a woman who barely speaks English trying to get my $50 dock replaced, after they change the connector size or add regulation, some compensation for replacing the lost drive. AVOID AMS LIKE THE PLAGUE THEY ARE Tim The Beave Lider wrote: Chirping means the spindle motor is damaged or the Heads had landed on the platter and have been Affixed to the media surface. I don't think Freezing it will work. Freezing only works if there is an issue with heat and Thermal Recalibration. Tim The Beave Lider E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of j maccraw Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:22 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Dead hdd--freezer! hmm, I have a lappy drive that died mysteriously only chirps without spinning. Will have to try this! Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz
