[DM-MUG] Internal Hard Drives Shopping

[Bryan Baker]

Might also improve this by throwing in a pack or two of that desiccant  
stuff you're not supposed to eat. Could help keep the moisture a bit  
more at bay.



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
>
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> CW Smith
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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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