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. -- -- John E. Jasen ([email protected]) -- No one will sorrow for me when I die, because those who would -- are dead already. -- Lan Mandragoran, The Wheel of Time, New Spring _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
