[olug] hdd problems

[Craig Wolf]

I have done the "freezer" thing about 5 times and was able to get data
off 2 of the drives.  You are right in that it is a last resort
because once that drive warms up...it is TOAST!  No amount of icing
after that will do anything...

Craig Wolf
Wolf Computing Services
Omaha, NE 68136
(402)990-3010

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Some will respond to being iced down like that, and you may even try sticking it in a freezer for a day to see if it runs for a bit while it's cold.
> One downside is that I've been hearing about fluid suspensions in some drives that can freeze and be damaged, but freezing the drive is usually only done if it's pretty much gone already.
>
>
> I ran the Harry Potter books through a spell checker; none of those spells should work.
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Lou Duchez <lou at paprikash.com>
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 7:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [olug] hdd problems
>
> Dude I know has a trick for getting hard drives to work long enough to salvage data:
>
> 1)    Open the computer case and pull the hard drive out so it's still connected but is sitting on your desk.
>
> 2)    Put a sandwich bag around the hard drive.
>
> 3)    Put a bag of ice on top of the sandwich bag.
>
> This obviously isn't guaranteed to work with every hard drive, but it does work a lot of the time.
>
>
>> A friend gave me a desktop hdd and he said he thought there was a head
>> crash, but I thought that if that was the problem, powering the drive would
>> make sounds.
>> I put it in a desktop and booted to an ubuntu live cd, but the drive
>> wasn't accessible, didn't make any noise, and didn't vibrate.
>> What else could be the problem? the on board circuitry is dead?
>> _______________________________________________
>> OLUG mailing list
>> OLUG at olug.org
>> https://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug
>
> _______________________________________________
> OLUG mailing list
> OLUG at olug.org
> https://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug
> _______________________________________________
> OLUG mailing list
> OLUG at olug.org
> https://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug