Anyone successfully swapped a hard drive platter?

[aircooled]

Just as a last ditch data recovey effort?

 

[JackBurton]

I've had plans to do it, but I haven't found the time. I'll let you know how everything goes whenever I get around to it.

 

[XBoxLPU]

no but i have tried the freezer trick

 

[aircooled]

Yeah, I just tried the freezer trick with no success. It's not mine so I'm not too worried about it, but I promised my cousin I'd do everything I can.

 

[Abhi]

Freezer trick did work for me...

Let me retrieve some vital data off a dead drive..

 

[Jeff7181]

I don't think you can create a clean enough environment to do that without mucking up everything. They say a particle of smoke from a cigarette sitting on the platter is enough to cause the head to crash.

 

[gheldean]

I have an old harddrive that I haven't been able to access...
What is the 'freezer trick'?

Thanks!

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

stick it in a thick waterproof ziplock bag overnight in the freezer.

You'll probably have anywhere between 5 minutes to 20 minutes or possibly an hour to recover your data. If you're lucky, it will actually fix the drive.