I have personally used this trick on numerous occasions and it works. I usually leave it in the freezer for an hour or two initially and then copy all I can till it stops working, then cycle in and out of the freezer at one hour intervals until I have all the data off. I recently used this trick on a 40gb drive from a Titanuium.
-Scott
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On Feb 9, 2005, at 9:21 PM, John McGibney wrote:
*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro*Try putting the dying hard drive into a zip-lock bag, sealing it and
storing
it in your freezer over night. Tomorrow remove it & let it warm up. You
should get an hour or more out of it so you can transfer the files to
your
new already installed drive.
John
really? thats the most bizarre fix i've ever come across, if you're
being serious.
what's the basic explanation for that one? *intrrigued*
I mean i understand the #1 reason for HD failure is heat, but
intuitively i would think it would wreak havoc with the parts to put it
in the freezer. But if this is really a fix, i could see the ziplock
bag being necessary- no one wants freezer burned data! ( =
-dylan
Its for real. This trick supposedly goes back to the old days when 1-2 gig
drives were hundreds of dollars. I've heard about it from several sources on
different Mac related digests. Some people replied it worked for them. I
would suspect that the freezing tightens tolerances in the bearings. They'll
stay colder than the outside until the drive heats up. Hopefully lasting
until you can transfer your data.
John
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