[DM-MUG] Internal Hard Drives Shopping

[Noah Yamen]

I had thought about the freezer trick. Wasn't sure if it was going to  
be worth a shot or not. Since the data isn't life saving stuff, I can  
take the shot at it. Its ironic really: I normally do back this drive  
up on the larger g-drive at home, and occasionally on the idisk just  
for kicks. Hadn't done idisk in a while, and i was actually planning  
on backing the drive up again (the failed one) this weekend. Go figure.

I'll let you know how the freezer attempt goes though!

Noah

On Feb 1, 2009, at 6:40 PM, Jon Thompson wrote:

> When it comes to backup, there are four phases of personalities...
>
> Those that don't think it will happen to them.
> Those that don't think it will happen to them again.
> Those that think that performing backups is enough.
> Those that verify backups by spot checking.
>
>
> Please skip phase 1-3 and backup _and verify_.
>
>
> On Feb 1, 2009, at 6:17 PM, CW Smith wrote:
>
>> • 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
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------
>>
>> CW Smith
>> guitar, bass, percussion, Macintosh
>>
>> cwsmith7 at gmail.com
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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