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RE: Re: HDD Failure - What to do?


  • Subject: RE: Re: HDD Failure - What to do?
  • From: "Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)" <haweste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:08:52 +0100

How long should you leave it / how cold should the drive be?  Obviously
the longer / colder the greater the risk of condensation, but was my
15mins or so enough ?

Thanks,

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew M Stemen
>
> Hrmmm... just to throw in my two cents, I *have* heard of the
> freezer trick before... I've used it many times,
> successfully. I also know many small companies that use that
> trick to recover data from a drive. It's not a good idea for
> long term use, but it *does* work for emergency recovery, a
> lot of the time.
>
> Andrew M Stemen
> lists@xxxxxxx
> http://www.andrewmstemen.com



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