Re: Re: HDD Failure - What to do?

[Andrew M Stemen <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes... I'd say that 15 minutes in the freezer was probably long enough
for the 'cold' trick.

Andrew M Stemen
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Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) wrote:
> 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 ?
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> Thanks,
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> Tim.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Andrew M Stemen
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>>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.
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>>Andrew M Stemen
>>lists@xxxxxxx
>>http://www.andrewmstemen.com
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