hard drive wouldn't boot up... took drive out and let it cool down...

[Chau]

i was gone for the weekend and left my computer on.. when i got back the computer had rebooted itself and was waiting for bios password before it could continue.. i tried to boot up and it said disk error... i took the hard drive out and let it cool down a bit because it seemed how, then plugged it back in and it would boot up... but i wasnt able to open any programs? i know the hard drive is dead/going to die.. but is there anyway so that i can just copy some files over to my other drives before its completely dead? it boots up but i cant open windows explorer or anything

thanks

 

[glareman]

Put it in the freezer for a while

 

[Chau]

any specific way? put it in ziplock bag first or anything like that? how long should i leave it in freezer? will doing this make any noticieable changes to the hard drive that would void the warranty?

thanks

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: Chau
any specific way? put it in ziplock bag first or anything like that? how long should i leave it in freezer? will doing this make any noticieable changes to the hard drive that would void the warranty?

thanks

not really. just retrive your important data before it goes out again.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: Chau
any specific way? put it in ziplock bag first or anything like that? how long should i leave it in freezer? will doing this make any noticieable changes to the hard drive that would void the warranty?

thanks

i think as long as u do not break the sticker seals... u can warranty that sucker.

 

[Chau]

how long should i leave it in the freezer for?

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: Chau
how long should i leave it in the freezer for?

15 should be good

minutes

 

[glareman]

I've only done this once, but I got my data off after about 45 min in the freezer. I did use a ziplock, It was a western digital and RMA was no problem(This was about 2 1/2 years ago)

 

[Chau]

Originally posted by: glareman
I've only done this once, but I got my data off after about 45 min in the freezer. I did use a ziplock, It was a western digital and RMA was no problem(This was about 2 1/2 years ago)

this is a WD drive as well.. did they send u a new hard drive first, or did u have to mail your dead hard drive back before they sent u a new one?

thanks

 

[glareman]

I had to send in my old drive first.

 

[Corporate Thug]

they also have an advanced RMA

 

[glareman]

H ere's a link: http://support.wdc.com/warranty/index.asp

I didn't see the advance replacement when I RMA'd mine.

 

[Chau]

thanks guys, i took the hd out of the freezer and now everything works, backing up all my important stuff to another hd and dvds right now thanks!!