Re: Freezing HDD

2017-03-11 Thread Clark Martin
I’ve got a large collection of drive magnets and disk platters from the many drives I have disassembled over the years. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On Mar 11, 2017, at 5:32 PM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > > >> On Mar 11,

Re: Freezing HDD

2017-03-11 Thread Clark Martin
There is a much less risky step you can try first. Hold the drive and give it a twist around the disk spin axis, as hard as you can. This can often unstick the heads. If that doesn’t do it then you can try opening it up. Clark Martin A designated driver on the information Super Highway > On

Re: Freezing HDD

2017-03-11 Thread Kris Tilford
> On Mar 11, 2017, at 7:32 PM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > > Well you can save some cool and useful magnets, shiny disks and various > chunks of aluminum from them, too 8-P That’s true, cool stuff to salvage. Those magnets are strong, I’ve been pinched where I was

Re: Freezing HDD

2017-03-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
> On Mar 11, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > Failing HDs need to be copied ASAP and trashed, they can’t be saved, only the > data on them can be saved. > > Well you can save some cool and useful magnets, shiny disks and various chunks of aluminum from them, too

Re: Freezing HDD

2017-03-11 Thread Kris Tilford
On Mar 11, 2017, at 12:42 PM, Alex Ander wrote: > > The hard drive on my PM 5300 looks like it has failed. Is there any truth > that freezing the drive might restore it or is it one of those myths? I had success once, and failure twice, freezing a bad HD. I also had a HD

Re: Freezing HDD

2017-03-11 Thread Len Gerstel
It does work OCCASIONALLY for a limited subset of problems. Note that it is a last ditch effort. Before you start, have everything you need to back up the hard drive should it work and back it up immediately. Also, there is always the possibility of a circuit board failure on the drive and I

Re: Freezing HDD

2017-03-11 Thread Google
Do a search for “stiction” and you’ll likely find that some folks will have declared that freezing their drive(s) caused the drives to spin up again long enough to retrieve the data on them. If all else fails, it’s worth a try. It worked once for me, FWIW. Jim Scott Eureka, CA > On Mar 11,

Freezing HDD

2017-03-11 Thread Alex Ander
The hard drive on my PM 5300 looks like it has failed. Is there any truth that freezing the drive might restore it or is it one of those myths? -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on