If you do try freezing it, make sure it's well sealed first to avoid any
moisture condensation, and apart from that, yes, some technical guys might
be able to try salvage data off of it, but they're not normally all that
cheap/easy to find, so you can try this freezing thing first, but, like
others said, try it in short stints as such, and try copy the most important
things off first.
Just to mention that this sort of spinning up and clicking thing might also
just be that while the drive is working alright, it's no longer
communicating with the computer properly anymore, and that could be due to a
defective cable as such, etc.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Mccurley" <bearea...@bellsouth.net>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] fact or fiction;
Hi there; Could you tell me what your drive did to let you know that it
had crashed; and were you able to save anything off of it. Is it possible
that a tech person could get the stuff off of it; all of my books were on
it and I am sad over the loss. Thanks for any help.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Silly Goose" <sillygoo...@gmail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] fact or fiction;
It was certainly fiction in my case. I tried it and noticed that as it
heated back up to room temp that there was a lot of condensation on the
outside and on the inside I presume.
It did not work. I never did get around to sending back the defective
hard drive since the packing instructions from the company were too
complicated.
Now, my goal is to be sure that everything is stored in at least two
places.
I really like the replacement external drive I bought a lot better since
it is much smaller in size and does not need to be plugged in to an
electric outlet, just into the laptop.
Sherrie Gosling
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From: "Dan Mccurley" <bearea...@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 7:56 AM
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Subject: [Blind-Computing] fact or fiction;
Is it true that putting an external drive in the freezer that is thought
to have died will allow some or all of its content to be gotten off of
it? I think my external has died, or crashed, or something; when I turn
it on it tries to spin up to its normal spinning velocity but on the way
up, it makes a click sound and begins at the beginning again, never
reaching its end speed. Is it dead or can someone retrieve the data on
it. Help with this will be appreciated.
Dan
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