It was supposed to be one of the cures for stiction. Hitting the drive really hard worked too, but only once or twice before the drive bit the dust. Or more accurately, as the drive head punched through the disk. :)
Someone once told me of a story about their office server having funny drive errors. They found out the problem was the renovations on the floor below: apparently the contractors were using a high powered nail gun on the ceiling, and it gave the server's drives enough shock to make the actual platters look like swiss cheese. :) -- Brian C. Merrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, David Zakar wrote: > The freezer thing works by thermal expansion, so I'm told. Apparently, > hard drives have some kind of fluid that can get sticky or something, > and freezing it can get the drive heads free for one last read or two. > > -DMZ > > On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 09:47 -0400, Jason Ellison wrote: > > I'm pretty sure the only way that might have a chance to work is if the > > drive is failing due to heat. In that case there are freezing sprays > > that are probably safer then using a fridge. Besides I'm pretty sure > > the freezer thing is an urban legend. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4003733.stm > > > > > > Brannon Smith wrote: > > > > > I tried freezing by sticking it in the freezer. Didn't work for me, > > > but I couldn't even see the partitions on the drive. I have heard > > > from reputable sources that freezing can work in a worst case scenario. > > > > > > --Brannon > > > > > > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, J. Milgram wrote: > > > > > >> legend has it that it costs a lot. > > >> > > >> clicking means hardware problems, I think. > > >> > > >> There was some talk here about a freezing trick. In one version, you get > > >> a large freezer ziplock bag, put your HD in it with some dry ice, run > > >> the cables through the opening, zip shut as far as possible and maybe > > >> seal lightly with tape. Then install just like that in the machine. > > >> > > >> Nobody wrote back to say whether it worked or not :) > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Yohance Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> All, > > >>> > > >>> I'm new to the um-Linux list and this is my first post. A friend > > >>> of mine recommended this list after I told him about a problem I am > > >>> having. > > >>> My power supply, main hard drive and backup hard drive just went > > >>> down last > > >>> Friday after a power surge. The main hard drive wont turn on and the > > >>> backup supply won't mount, I can see the partitions but no matter > > >>> what I > > >>> do I can't get it to mount. Also it's making a lot of clicking noises. > > >>> I've tried fsck but it returns an error that includes a bad super > > >>> block as > > >>> a possibility. > > >>> > > >>> Anyway, I am looking into sending the main hard drive, the one > > >>> that > > >>> doesn't power on, to a data recovery center. I was hoping someone > > >>> on this > > >>> list could give me some advice on which particular center I should > > >>> send my > > >>> disk to. None of my friends have had to do this before and I was > > >>> hoping > > >>> to get some first hand recommendations before I send my disk off to > > >>> some > > >>> company that promises a lot but and delivers nothing. Have any of you > > >>> sent a Hard drive to a data recovery center before? Were they actually > > >>> able to recover your data? How much did it cost you? Would you > > >>> recommend > > >>> them to me? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks in advance for the help, > > >>> > > >>> -Yohance > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > >
