Re: HD in critical condition


Subject: Re: HD in critical condition
From: Justin Dieters (enderak@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Jan 05 2002 - 12:27:37 AKST


Wouldn't you run into condensation problems throwing it into the freezer
and then promptly turning it on once it was cold?

Justin
enderak@yahoo.com

Richard Mckinney wrote:

>It is often the bearings locked up that prevents them from spinning up.
>A sharp wrap on the center of the case where the spindle center make
>shake it loose. If you can get no response what so ever then throw it
>in the freezer for a few hours. The shrinking of the mechanism
>sometimes will break it loose enough to spin up and extract data from.
>A good backup comes in quite handy at these times.
>
>Rich
>

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