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

Zefan said:
Like you would normally.

Don't put it anywhere particularly warm.
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Ok... ill hang it out the case then. its been in there 15mins now :D will take it ouat at 9:15pm
 
MikeHunt79 said:
Err, why did you put it in the freezer? Does it make it last longer or something? ;)
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Lol... to retrieve my data :( it died on my on the weekend.
 
MikeHunt79 said:
Err, why did you put it in the freezer?
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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 said:
Make sure you don't get your fingers stuck to it. Like I did. Ouch
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wont it be dangerous connecting it back up? especially as its an electrical device?
 
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.
 
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.
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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
 
Well I didn't use an air tight bag, it was a food bag wrapped in several metres of masking tape. :p

What problem are you getting anyway? The dreaded click, click, click when booting?
 
killer_uk said:
Well I didn't use an air tight bag, it was a food bag wrapped in several metres of masking tape. :p

What problem are you getting anyway? The dreaded click, click, click when booting?
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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..
 
tsj said:
Lol... to retrieve my data :( it died on my on the weekend.
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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? :D
 
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..
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Ah yeah, the same way my Maxtor went. At least yours gets picked up though :/
 
killer_uk said:
Ah yeah, the same way my Maxtor went. At least yours gets picked up though :/
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: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 :D
 
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? :D
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lol

Russ.
 
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