[olug] Suggestions for data recovery on failed HD

[Andrew Embury]

I'll second that.  I've had the freezer trick work multiple times.  In
fact, I just used this trick last week with success.

Drew

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Trent Melcher wrote:

> Yes, also freezing the drive causes the heads and platters to contract
> (minutely, but it does contract), this helps a drive that may have worn
> components and the heads are possibly touching the platters.  After it thaws
> though your still screwed, but give you the time to get your data off to a
> "Stable" Drive.
>
> Trent Melcher
> Network/System Administrator
> Startouch International LTD.
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Eric
> Lusk
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:59 AM
> To: jringler at unitedtransport.net; Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] Suggestions for data recovery on failed HD
>
>
> 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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