Re: [PLUG] Dead, unrecoverable Hard drive?

[John Lavin <jlavin@ccil.org>]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Jim Foster wrote:
> Before you give up, remove the drive and put it in the freezer
> overnight.  Then reinstall it and try to backup any valuable data
> before it
> heats up.  This has worked several times for us.

I haven't touched it since it suddenly died yesterday.  It will continue
to sit until later tonight to slave it to my old hard drive this one
replaced.

If I've given it a day to sit, should I still throw it in the freezer
first?

Thanks,
-john

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