Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> I've heard of that trick before - although - I think it mostly works if the
> circuitry is the failing component.  And it may be, who knows.  

I can vouch for the freezing. Managed to extract some very important
date from my SO's laptop drive that way.


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-- are dead already. -- Lan Mandragoran, The Wheel of Time, New Spring
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