Wayne, I'd suggest that if the information is REALLY important to you; spend the money on a professional recovery shop. I say this because hard drives are not really 'sealed' units. They almost alway have some form of venting to allow for pressure equalization when taken to different altitudes.
This means that the salt water is not only on the circuit board, but all over the drive platters too. More than likely when you spin the bugger up any accumulated dried debris (salt, etc) is going to cause havoc and scratch the hades out of your platters ruining the data. A professional data recover shop is probably going to know how to deal with this type of problem. Just something you might want to consider. -Brian On 1/30/06, Byarlay, Wayne A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Any of you guys out there know the best way I can safely clean off the > salt & brine from a possibly recoverable hard drive that was submerged > under salt water? I'm afraid to use water, but maybe with a cotton swab, > that's the safest alternative... Alcohol might damage some components or > smth... Any suggestions? > > WAB > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
