I connected it as a slave on the primary IDE cable but was actually setting
on a piece of cardboard out side of the case, with just the ribbon and power
cables connected.  It worked until the bad drive warmed up and locked up the
system, but I was able to retrieve most of the data.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phillip Williams" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Resurrection of a dead hard drive


> In a message dated 8/10/2005 3:56:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> It  worked for me after an overnight stay in the freezer, 12 hours, was
> able
> to  get most of the stuff off of it before it locked again.  I have it in
> the
> freezer now again to try for more data recovery later.  I was only  able
> to
> run it for about 5-6 minutes before it locked the system up  again.
>
>
> I noticed an earlier question of condensation was answered by placing  the
> drive on towel. Are the connection and retrevial to be done with the
> drive
> outside the case?( I can picture that one drop of water hitting the
> MOBO!) This,
> I guess would mean the drive dosen't require a chassis ground?
>
> Phillip
>
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