Low-Tech Fixes for High-Tech Problems
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:49 pm
by JonathanBelles
I found these very interesting, especially the last one.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/techn ... terstitial
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:20 pm
by coriolis
I had a hard drive crash once and the freezer didn't revive it. It's worth a try though. The last, last resort is to drop it on a hard floor. That didn't work either.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:20 pm
by gtalum
The freezer trick only works for a very specific type of hard drive failure. It does work, though. If it works in your specific case, you have to hook it up and copy the data ASAP.