>> 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 th
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
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 t
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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 o
>> 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? tha
> Reply-To: G-Books
> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 20:27:09 -0500
> To: G-Books
> Subject: dead hd in freezer?
>
>> 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.
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'v
