[DM-MUG] Internal Hard Drives Shopping

[CW Smith]

• Put the HD in a Ziplock back to keep frost from forming on the drive  
and to keep condensation from accumulating when it comes out
• Freeze overnight (12 hours or so) to assure uniform temperature  
throughout. If you have a deep freeze in your basement, use that  
instead of your kitchen freezer
• Keep the HD in its Ziplock back as you attach it to your external  
case or drive dock (not inside the computer), again to keep  
condensation from accumulating
• Attempt recovery while the drive is still COLD, giving you more time  
before the bearings in the spindle heat up and seize again

I agree with other posters: don't try this on critical data you'd be  
willing to pay DriveSavers to recover. If it's critical, get  
professional help.

And *next time,* backup your data regularly so you won't get caught  
behind the eight ball again!

Peace,
CW

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CW Smith
guitar, bass, percussion, Macintosh

cwsmith7 at gmail.com

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On Feb 1, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Chris Tyrrell wrote:

> I might just be imaging things, but I could swear that I've heard of  
> sticking a dead drive in the freezer for a brief resurrection. Of  
> course, once removed from the freezer, I would think it would need  
> to warm up to avoid condensation, and once it's warm, is the benefit  
> of the freezer time lost?
>
> Good luck,
> Chris
>
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Noah Yamen <noahyamen at me.com> wrote:
> While we're on the topic of hard drives, (and a great excuse to post  
> my first message with you all!) I just had my G-Drive Mini take a  
> turn for the worse. When i plug it in via firewire 400, the power  
> light comes on but the harddrive doesnt spin or turn on. So i tried  
> opening disk utility, doesnt show up. I opened up terminal: cd / 
> Volumes and ls.... Still doesnt show up. I took the drive out,  
> hooked it up to a sata reader, still no luck.
>
> Before I send the thing up to a data recovery center, do you guys  
> have any tips/tricks/last resorts I might try? Otherwise Ive lost  
> all of my current photoshop web designs... not good when you have  
> projects going on currently... :|
>
> Oh and hi, I'm Noah.
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