On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, John Jasen wrote: > 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.
there are multiple things that can suffer from a hot drive. 1. if the drive gets too hot the electronics fail, freezing it can keep it cool enough, long enough to extract things if the bearings are going bad they generally will cause extra heat (see problem 1 above), and in addition, the extra heat can affect the rotation, so freezing it can help here too. I've used this trick many times. David Lang _______________________________________________ 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/
