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.  Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "joseph sienkiewicz" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Resurrection of a dead hard drive


How long do you have to wait after taking it from the freezer before
reinstalling it?

Thanks
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Larry Fisk<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
  To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
  Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 2:28 PM
  Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Resurrection of a dead hard drive


  Yes Mark;
  I have used this trick many times.
  just put the hdrive in an antistatic bag and place in the freezer
  for a couple of hours or more.
  Doesn't always work, but worth a try:-)
     Hooking the drive up as a slave on another system is the
  best way to go. If the drive is formated NTFS you will need a system
  with XP or Win2K to read it.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Mark Tretter" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
  To: <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
  Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 8:21 PM
  Subject: [PCBUILD] Resurrection of a dead hard drive


  >  I
  > remember some time ago there was a  procedure that involved putting the
  > drive into a deep freeze  and to try to access it long enough to get
some
  > important files off of it.  Anyone remember the specifics?  TIA   Mark

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