Tech Secrets: Freeze fix your hard drive!
I’ve had an old hard drive die on me once before, taking my precious Image, documents, MP3’s and Anime movie files along with it. wish I knew this technique then, else I wouldn’t have just thrown the drive away. If anyone should find themselves in a similar predicament, put the drive into an air tight zip bag, wrap it in a towel, then bury it in your back yard… ^^ just kidding on the last part, take the towelled drive and pop it into the freezer for a few hours. Put the drive back into your computer afterwards. and if it starts working, start backing up your data. if not, then either your drive is a hopeless case that or you did it the same way this guy did it.
in which case you can start digging a hole on your yard to bury it in. ^^
Found the hard drive freezing technique on Gearlog. and the image of the frozen drive on Hardforum. Although I sincerely hope none of you folks would get to experience a failed hard drive. hope this blog entry would someday help anyone out there with a broken hard drive.
