Edward Ned Harvey <[email protected]> writes:

> One of my friends windows machine died today - boots up only half way
> through the windows splash screen and freezes.  There is one file he wants
> to recover out of it, but it seems to be suffering from hardware failure
> because attaching the disk via USB enclosure to another computer will only
> let him load the USB mass storage device, and won't go any further than
> that.


Hm.   One thing you can try that has worked for me is to freeze the drive.
stick it in a ziplock and put it in the freezer for a few hours.   then
plug it in and try to get the data you need immediately.  
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