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Freeze a dead hard drive to copy its data
Authored by: Doc Swift on Nov 03, '06 12:11:08PM

Having worked in tech support for 20 years now, I would like to mention a few cautions. Personally, I would hesitate to put any electronic into the freezer except if it was already "dead to you". Thus, I did not put the entire portable drive unit into the freezer- I first disassembled it and put only the hard drive into the freezer. In the case of a powerbook or an ipod, I would first remove the hard drive before freezing. Also, be aware of protecting from condensation (even tho hard drives are supposedly air tight, some actually have an air hole in them (ex Travelstars).

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Doc Swift



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