[ILUG] Hard disk failure

[Josh Glover]

On 15/06/07, Niall O Broin <niall at magicgoeshere.com> wrote:

> freeze the bugger !
[...]
> One caution - when you take the drive out of the freezer, let it
> acclimatise for a few minutes,

I've used this trick a couple of time as well, and have always slapped
the drive straight in out of the freezer, so I have an extra precious
minute or two of very low temperatures.

Here's a tip that has helped me:

Put the drive in the freezer with an IDE / SATA (and power, if you
have an short extender type) cable(s) attached and sticking out of the
bag. Obviously, you need to seal the bag with tape or something around
the cables.

This way, when you pull it out, you do not have to handle the drive;
you can just plug the protruding cables into your box (or enclosure)
and go.


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Cheers,
Josh