[Cialug] Hard Drive Crashed

[Nathan C. Smith]

Using shrinkage to your advantage.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bierce [mailto:operations at cynicbytrade.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:20 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Hard Drive Crashed
> 
> 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
> 
> O