saving my harddrive data

[bakaris]

so my computer's no longer detecting one of my harddrives. another is on it's way from the not so local friendly computer store. i think i remember reading that freezing the harddrive will allow it to spin up again and allow me to transfer the data over to the new drive before i lose everything forever (unless it's alrady all gone forever). has anyone done anything like this to any degree of success? should i throw the hdd in the deep freeze right away, or will leaving it in there too long cause damage? etc.
any input?

thanks
mark

 

[SuperNaruto]

The freezer trick is mainly for overheating maxtor drives.. if you do not have a maxtor.. its possible that it'll work but maybe not..

Some links to read

http://www.meetmyattorney.com/slink/mt-archives/000275.html

http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/06/15/hard-disk-recovery-the-freezer-trick/

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread9069.html

 

[drum]

i've done it with success, but get it right the first time cause when that sucker thaws...