Placed Hard Drive in the Freezer to get Data off. :) Sweet it works

[Krueger81]

Hello,

I tried booting up my rig this morning and damn Primary IDE Device Failure.

I was like WTF. So I place the HDD in the freezer for about 50 minutes and I'll be damned it actually works.

Going back to an RMA to Maxtor. Kinda weird but it worked.

Phil

 

[tweakmm]

I hope you just finished your backups or are currently making backups now

 

Nice. I'll remember to do that if either of my drives (80 GB Maxtor, 120 GB WD ) dies on me.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Don't want them to find your kiddie porn?

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Don't want them to find your kiddie porn?

Just gay pr0n.

 

[Eli]

Indeed.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: her209
Just gay pr0n.

That's the best kind

 

[KEV1N]

How does that work?

 

[wyvrn]

How do you know if the data is erased when you cannot boot the hard drive to look?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: KEV1N
How does that work?

I'd like to know this too.

 

[Krueger81]

well it worked for about ten minutes. after that it quit.

I got all the important info off

Online banking passwords and warcraft III saved game

 

[amnesiac]

oh snap. I'll try this; a friend's laptop is in my care right now because the HD is hosed. Hopefully I can rescue some documents.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: iloveme2

Originally posted by: KEV1N
How does that work?

I'd like to know this too.

It has something to do with the shrinkage of all the internals.

It may shrink things just enough to allow the drive to work until it warms up again.

It could also have to do with the electronics.. a component could have failed to the point that it no longer works correctly at room temperature, but will function normally at freezing temps.

 

[JC]

Lucky you! Didn't work for me, my UltraStar refuses to give up any of its data, despite the freezer trick :|

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: iloveme2

Originally posted by: KEV1N
How does that work?

I'd like to know this too.

It has something to do with the shrinkage of all the internals.

It may shrink things just enough to allow the drive to work until it warms up again.

It could also have to do with the electronics.. a component could have failed to the point that it no longer works correctly at room temperature, but will function normally at freezing temps.

That is the explanation I have heard.