Freezer trick - SUCCESS!

bledd · 11 Jan 2011 at 13:26

I've tried it twice, didn't work either time.

I managed to fix one clicking drive by kicking it really hard into a table leg

Justintime · 11 Jan 2011 at 13:57

Likely sticking heads, like the good ol WD stiction problems of old

LizardKing · 11 Jan 2011 at 14:50

Justintime said:
Even this is a iffy proposition. PCB has to be literally same batch, same firmware to have even a chance. Even then, since the SMART allocation and data is from another drive, it might not work.

Not necessarily, i've had a pcb that cooked its self, having replaced the pcb with another but slightly different (same hard drive model though) the drive worked fine, in fact it still works to this day

Obviously i'm not saying its going to be the case every time but i wouldnt be put off trying with a different board if thats all you can get your hands on.

buchtis · 11 Jan 2011 at 16:14

Quick question. Just put in a HDD i've not used in ages that's been buggerd. It's not been dropped or anything and Windows recognizes it but when I double click on it, it freezes the My Computer part of Windows. Will this freeze trick work on it?

Justintime · 11 Jan 2011 at 16:15

LizardKing said:
Not necessarily, i've had a pcb that cooked its self, having replaced the pcb with another but slightly different (same hard drive model though) the drive worked fine, in fact it still works to this day
Obviously i'm not saying its going to be the case every time but i wouldnt be put off trying with a different board if thats all you can get your hands on.

I've seen that result in smoke. You got really lucky.

Biz.Kid09 · 11 Jan 2011 at 16:44

Guys would it be worth putting my hard drive in the freezer?
Its possibly a stuck head from what i have gathered