The drive is not hermetically sealed, it can breath through those breather holes. Condensation on the platters is not a good thing, same goes for the electronics.
On 11/01/2011, Valerio Messina <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian Oliver wrote: >> I have had success with >> the "drive chilling" technique. I put it in a ziplock bag with pwr/sata >> cables poking out to try and avoid condensation, and it worked fine. >> However, my suspicion is that this works better with failing electronic >> chippery in the drive rather than surface defects. Anyway, worth a go >> after all else has failed. > > the industrial electronics is tested and certified down to 0°C, so if > you put in the refrigerator at -20°C you broke it. Only military and > space grade electronics work down to -55°C. > > Valerio > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-ddrescue mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue > -- Kind Regards Reon Toerien __________________ PO Box 540 Ballito 4420 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 83 270 2889 email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
