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Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:59:53 -0400
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Re: Cooling a Hard Drive
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I've had drives that wouldn't turn start to turn, but never have
recovered any data.
Overnight in the freezer is the usual recommendation, and some say 24
hours.

Richard Glazier wrote:
> I never cooled an HD to try to get it to initilize "one last time"
>
> Do you stick them in the refridg or the freezer, and for how long...
> (I'm scanning it now with Acronis RecoveryExpert.)
> It came up in about three diagnostic programs as un-readable.
>
> It is an old Compac/Quantum 10G from an old ladies machine
> with Win98, and data recovery is not "critical".
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>                  TIA,  Rick Glazier
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