Subject: Re: HD in critical condition
From: Rich (mckinney@gci.net)
Date: Sun Jan 06 2002 - 03:07:17 AKST
When it comes to the point of not spinning up or spinning up with
condensation...Ummm...your call.
I have not had any problems extracting data off of drives that I have had to
freeze. Once they get spinning that is.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Dieters" <enderak@yahoo.com>
To: <aklug@aklug.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: HD in critical condition
>
> 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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