I have done this with a desk top hdd, Someone on the list here told me about
it. I coudn;t read the drive and there was data I had to have. I put the drive
in the freezer for about 4 hours. Popped it in the computer and could read the
drive for about 10 minutes. When it stopped reading put back in the freezer for
4 more hours and repeat.Got all my critical information though it took several
days.Give it a try, all it can do is not work. :)Harveyhbest> Date: Tue, 24 Jul
2007 01:22:10 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [H] Dead
hdd--freezer!> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com> > hmm, I have a lappy drive that
died mysteriously &> only chirps without spinning. > Will have to try this!> >
> Scott Sipe wrote:> > So I posted awhile ago that I had had a new Seagate>
drive die (not > > recognized by computer, made a weird "chirping"> noise). I
finally got > > around to trying something I had always wanted to> try--putting
it in the > > freezer.> > > > So I put two layers of ziploc bag around the
diskd> and plopped it into > > the freezer for about 9-10 hours.> > > > I then
took it out of the bags and hooked it up> immediately to my > > computer. I
propped it up slightly and put a high> powered room fan on > > it, to hopefully
get rid of condensation.> > > > Then turned on the computer--at first it
chirped a> couple times and was > > NOT recognized by the BIOS as windows
booted. Then> the chirping stop, > > and I rebooted to find that it was
recognized in the> BIOS, windows saw > > the partition, and I'm currently
copying some data> off--cool!> > > > Not Tim Lider, but the next best thing
maybe :)> > > > Scott> > > > > > > >
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