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| Thread ID: 115009 | 2010-12-28 16:32:00 | Gonna Freeze A HD? | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 1165331 | 2010-12-29 08:57:00 | I've tried the freezer trick in an act of desperation, but alas, it did not work. :dogeye: I would boot up with a Linux Live CD and see if you can view the HDD. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 1165332 | 2010-12-29 08:59:00 | Oh, and technical question so thread moved to the PressF1 forum ... ;) | Jen (38) | ||
| 1165333 | 2010-12-29 09:34:00 | I've done the Old freezer trick a few times BUT only since the person didn't want to pay out big $$ to send to a professional recovery business. This is after trying all other alternatives - Slaving the drive, Linux etc. Sometimes it works OK and allows you to get data off, BEFORE it thaws out, once that happens its dead. You only do the freezer trick, if you know the drive is stuffed, simply because it will be afterwards, and you can only do it once. One particular "recovery" -- The person had LOTS of family photo's and loads of music. It was quite funny to see, SWMBO thought I was nuts :waughh: -- HDD in a sealed plastic Bag, with a SATA cable and power lead attached to the drive, sealed with tape - in the freezer over night.Then removed, and attached to a PC as a slave drive, while sitting in a bucket of ice cubes completely covered. It was making on hell of a noise, but managed to recover all the photos, and approx 30 GB of music, then it finally died :crying ------- Damn, missed approx 2 GB data. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1165334 | 2010-12-29 09:47:00 | I've done the Old freezer trick a few times BUT only since the person didn't want to pay out big $$ to send to a professional recovery business. This is after trying all other alternatives - Slaving the drive, Linux etc. Sometimes it works OK and allows you to get data off, BEFORE it thaws out, once that happens its dead. You only do the freezer trick, if you know the drive is stuffed, simply because it will be afterwards, and you can only do it once. One particular "recovery" -- The person had LOTS of family photo's and loads of music. It was quite funny to see, SWMBO thought I was nuts :waughh: -- HDD in a sealed plastic Bag, with a SATA cable and power lead attached to the drive, sealed with tape - in the freezer over night.Then removed, and attached to a PC as a slave drive, while sitting in a bucket of ice cubes completely covered. It was making on hell of a noise, but managed to recover all the photos, and approx 30 GB of music, then it finally died :crying ------- Damn, missed approx 2 GB data. :lol: |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1165335 | 2010-12-29 09:54:00 | Hi SurferJoe The problem behind this process is there are many variables but you can improve the odds. Even then there's no guarantee the method will work for your hard drive. 1. Do not try to boot from this Hard Drive. 2. Install Hard Drive into an external HDD case first. Put in two zip sealed plastic bags. Extract excess air. 3. Freeze both for at least twenty four hours. 4. Do not put on bench to extract data, keep cold. This prevents condensation. I put mine in a powered pre-chilled chilly bin. 5. Install and use a good back up program on a spare laptop. Suggest FBackUp. (http://www.fbackup.com/) 6. Take HDD case power supply and lappie to freezer door, run cords inside. 7. Work as quickly as possible, saving most important data first. Why does this method work? Don't know, don't care. All I know is it does - sometimes!! Hope this helps. BURNZEE |
Burnzee (6950) | ||
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