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

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

 

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Carefully

How'd you mean?

 

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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

 

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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.

 

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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?

 

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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

 

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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..

 

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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

 

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