My hard drives in the freezer as i type this....

tsj · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:24

Any tips on how to handle the drive when i take it out?

Mr Gimp · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:26

Carefully

tsj · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:26

Goodwin said:
Carefully

How'd you mean?

Zefan · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:28

Like you would normally.

Don't put it anywhere particularly warm.

tsj · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:30

Zefan said:
Like you would normally.

Don't put it anywhere particularly warm.

Ok... ill hang it out the case then. its been in there 15mins now

will take it ouat at 9:15pm

MikeHunt79 · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:43

Err, why did you put it in the freezer? Does it make it last longer or something?

tsj · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:46

MikeHunt79 said:
Err, why did you put it in the freezer? Does it make it last longer or something?

Lol... to retrieve my data

it died on my on the weekend.

Zefan · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:51

MikeHunt79 said:
Err, why did you put it in the freezer?

Sometimes tiny little mechanical faults can make a disk break and they can sometimes be fixed temporarily by making the parts very cold thus shrinking them ever so slightly. This can in some cases buy you enough time to snatch that data off it.

killer_uk · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:56

Make sure you don't get your fingers stuck to it. Like I did. Ouch

tsj · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:58

killer_uk said:
Make sure you don't get your fingers stuck to it. Like I did. Ouch

wont it be dangerous connecting it back up? especially as its an electrical device?

blighter · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:59

tsj said:
Lol... to retrieve my data it died on my on the weekend.

ummm... ok :S

killer_uk · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:01

You did stick it in an air tight bag didn't you? I tried to use the freezer method when my hard drive died, sadly it didn't work though. Some people do say it works long enough for them to get the data off, but it's a last resort thing.

Obviously though, if it's out for any period of time, water will start to gather on the drive, and it did in my case, it never shorted though. But to be honest, I never really had it connected up for too long as I knew it hadn't worked.

tsj · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:07

killer_uk said:
You did stick it in an air tight bag didn't you? I tried to use the freezer method when my hard drive died, sadly it didn't work though. Some people do say it works long enough for them to get the data off, but it's a last resort thing.

Obviously though, if it's out for any period of time, water will start to gather on the drive, and it did in my case, it never shorted though. But to be honest, I never really had it connected up for too long as I knew it hadn't worked.

i sort of used a air tight bag... but i wasnt certain if its air tight as i had just used a bag that my modem came in and then sealed it off

killer_uk · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:11

Well I didn't use an air tight bag, it was a food bag wrapped in several metres of masking tape.

What problem are you getting anyway? The dreaded click, click, click when booting?

tsj · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:14

killer_uk said:
Well I didn't use an air tight bag, it was a food bag wrapped in several metres of masking tape.

What problem are you getting anyway? The dreaded click, click, click when booting?

Yep i got a blu screen and it never booted since.. it just clicks clicks clicks

Before it wasnt detecting the drive but after tapping it with a screwdrive it saw the drive but was giving disk read error..

MikeHunt79 · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:15

tsj said:
Lol... to retrieve my data it died on my on the weekend.

Unlucky mang... I've been there - never nice whne a HD dies.

I wonder if you had a longer IDE and power cable, you could run the HD while it was still in the freezer?

killer_uk · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:16

tsj said:
Yep i got a blu screen and it never booted since.. it just clicks clicks clicks

Before it wasnt detecting the drive but after tapping it with a screwdrive it saw the drive but was giving disk read error..

Ah yeah, the same way my Maxtor went. At least yours gets picked up though :/

tsj · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:17

killer_uk said:
Ah yeah, the same way my Maxtor went. At least yours gets picked up though :/

:S I'm betting I could format this drive and it would last a while longer(worked on my Hitachi) but not gonna bother.

Seagate 7200.10 here i come

tsj · 28 Mar 2007 at 22:30

Had no luck with this.. seems like this going in the bin then.

infernal · 29 Mar 2007 at 15:55

MikeHunt79 said:
Unlucky mang... I've been there - never nice whne a HD dies.

I wonder if you had a longer IDE and power cable, you could run the HD while it was still in the freezer?

lol

Russ.