[olug] Suggestions for data recovery on failed HD

[Eric Lusk]

I've also heard that freezing the drive helps with
circuits that may be making intermittent contact,
giving you just enough time to pull your data off.

--- Jaymz Ringler <jringler at unitedtransport.net>
wrote:

> I've recovered data from a hard drive by putting it
> in the freezer over
> night..  The drive was having problems reading the
> platters..  somehow
> it changes the density of the drive and allows you
> to mount it and start
> dumping data to another drive.   
> 
> it's worth a try..
> 
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