[Cialug] Hard Drive Crashed

[David Bierce]

Ello --

The Freezer trick is generally considered safe if you let the drive  
cool down to at least room temp first then freeze it so you don't  
have a warping effect on the platter or hurt the chips.  Also, it is  
suggested you ziplock it or wrap it first to avoid condensation forming.

However, knocking noises at boot aren't generally fixed with the  
freezer trick, since the goal of the freezer trick is to contract the  
platter making it easier to read.

Dave

On Feb 6, 2007, at 4:07 PM, David Champion wrote:

> Nathan Stien wrote:
>> On 2/6/07, Nathan C. Smith <smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
>>> There is always the drive-in-the-freezer trick.  I don't know if  
>>> it applies
>>> to this situation.
>> Heh, it's in the freezer right now.  Here's hoping.
>> - Nathan
>
> I've heard that this is a bad thing to do - if you try to spin it  
> up, you can cause permanent & ir-reversable damage to the drive  
> platters. But, best of luck.
>
> -dc
>
>
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