--- Bryan Kattwinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 12/25/04 3:30 PM, chesnajc wrote:
>
> >My question is, is it typical for the hard drives
> to freeze up after an
> >extended down time?
>
> Yes. Those drives are probably toast. I've actually
> gotten some old ones
> to spin up with a light tap from a hammer, but only
> because there was
> something I really wanted to copy off of it. If you
> turn on the computer
> every few months or at least once a year, the drive
> is much more likely
> to continue working for you. The only ones I have
> seen that could come
> back after being off for 5+ years are the clunky 20M
> washing machines
> they used to put in Mac SE's.
The Kim Komando Radio Show� says that putting it in a
ziplock bag and freezing it will sometimes get it to
run long enough to recover some of it. This is on the
website.
Don
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