Art wrote: > > on 8/14/02 11:45 AM, the pickle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > At 10:38 -0400 on 14/08/02, Art wrote: > > > >> I know this sounds strange but with the second drive that you mentioned ... > > > > Uh-huh... > > > >> disconnect it and place it in the freezer for about 24 hours. Take it out > >> and let it thaw ... then remove all the condensation ... plug it in and see > >> what happens. If this does not work likely it is dead. > > > > Just wondering what this "cures" ... ideas? :) > > You know pickle you may not be the only one that knows a little bit about > Macs! > > It does work for some drives ... when I heard it I said "let me try it!" > You know what ... because I believed that someone else might know something > that I didn't know ... I now have about a dozen drives that otherwise would > have gone in the dump.
I know I'm a newbie on this list, but I've already come to the conclusion that Pickle is a dilly (pun intended) of a Mac Guru par excellent. Plus, I bet he's got some really good database material close at hand 24/7. I used to be like him. I still have an entire 8-foot tall bookcase packed with nothing but Mac books. Alas, most of them now are quite dated. Macintosh Bible, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Editions; Dr. Macintosh by Bob Levitus; The Complete Macintosh; MacWorld's Mac Secrets, 5th Edition by Pogue and Shorr; MacWorld Complete Mac Handbook + Interactive CD, 3rd Edition, by Jim Heid. The list could go on for a long time. Plus all the third-party User Manuals for Photoshop, Freehand, Illustrator, etc. It's no secret that Macromedia and Adobe still haven't figured out how to write a manual! I also have a giant box of seemingly dead hard drives I've never been able to toss out. I'm going to give the freezer trick a tryout. The logic seems sound. I have heard of stranger things that worked in a pinch! Allen ----- -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
