>> At 1:43 AM -0800 2/10/05, Zoltan Batiz wrote: >> >>> Ok folks. . .I've got a 75 gig IBM hard drive that sounds like a >>> plane taking off during initial boot, and a saw mill during normal >>> operation. Which is recommended? Freezer? Or Oven? Does anything >>> think that one or both of these ideas might fix the drive before the >>> bearings go bad? (I can't believe I'm asking this, but hey, Bob's >>> right. . .you never know what you'll learn on a Mac List!! >>> >> >> If it's working now then get the data while you can and toss it. >> -- >> Clark Martin > > Zoltan, > > I happened to hear a talk radio show last week hosted by Kim Komando. > I'd never heard of this program, but it was the audio being broadcast > on our FOX weather channel. She apparently answers all sorts of > computer questions on her radio show as well as her website. Every > question and answer I heard was Windows-related. > > Anyway, she said that she had one time recommended to someone with an > apparently dead hard drive that they remove it from their computer, > freeze it overnight, pop it back into the computer and save the info > onto another hard drive. It was not the topic of conversation, but > just a mention of advice she had given on another program. I had NEVER > heard such advice, but here it was recommended by an expert on national > talk radio. > > So, now you are the second person I've heard mention freezing hard > drives as a last-ditch effort to retrieve info. Check out her site at > www.komando.com --- maybe there's a mention of it there. > > Claire >
Hi Claire and gang, I just had to take Claire's suggestion and see what Kim Komando has to say on her site. My first surprise was learning that she is "America's Digital Goddess®." I immediately realized I was off-base when I had conjured up an image of Kim as a Camo-clad Action Figure. Whew, scary! But to get back on track, here is Kim's advice, verbatum: "Now, the following may sound like a very strange recommendation. As a matter of fact, I once told a guy to do this who called my show with a bum hard drive. Afterwards, he didn't say a word until I told him that I was not joking. He had nothing to lose so why not at least try it? "If a hard drive is dead, take it out of the computer, seal it in a plastic bag and put it in a freezer overnight. Sometimes the cold causes the metal to shrink enough to allow the drive's head to work. When you reinstall the hard drive, move your data to a new hard drive quickly. Once it warms up, any benefit from the cold will be gone. "Oh, about the caller who I gave that advice to... Well, he sent me a note through my Web site that he was able to get the data off the drive before it croaked for good." I (Kenji) assume she is recommending this for drives that are no longer working, the head is not articulating correctly...the infamous clackity-clack clackity-clack clackity-clack adinfinitum...or worse. If the drive is still functioning despite bad noises, back it up now! Cheers, Kenji -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
