2007-04-24 19:09:00 · 9 answers · asked by summer 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Kind of. I heard this was discovered by some engineer at IBM and a few years ago I tried it and it worked for me.
Also, it isnt 12 hours, 30mins should be enough and you have to put the drive in a sealed freezer or anti static bag to prevent condensation.
This only works for drives that have experienced a head crash so if the drive electronics or interface are fried, this wont work. The theory is that the temperature drop will cause the metal to contract and the heads will no longer touch the platters.
When I tried it, after 30 mins, I put the drive back in a PC and the drive powered up. It lasted about 40mins until it failed again and permantly but this was enough to clone the drive contents to another drive.
At the end of the day, you have nothing to lose and all your data to gain.
2007-04-24 23:23:39 · answer #1 · answered by planetmatt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have heard of the freezer method never had to use myself. Sometimes just a tap on the side of the drive works wonders for a drive with some mechanical problems. I had a bunch of drives in some older dell PCs that worked after a short hard tap.
I would only use this as a last resort. If you do try the freezer method place the drive in an antistatic bag sealed the best you can with just the cables sticking out or you will have condensation on the dive when you take it out.
2007-04-24 19:22:12 · answer #2 · answered by Richard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I have to say that I've never heard of that before. I don't get how it would help, it wouldn't change anything on the hard drive itself. The only thing that I could possibly see it doing would be shrinking the metal, which is heat treated in the first place--so it wouldn't shrink much (if at all). And even if it did shrink the metal, it would expand right back to normal as soon as the hard drive warmed back up (and they do get very warm).
2007-04-24 19:12:56 · answer #3 · answered by indiginouslizard 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it realy works.I tried this tip once and was successful.
But keep in mind to pack HDD in a waterproof bag.
May be your HDD would not come back to an earlier condition but it shall work for a time enough to recover your data.
2007-04-24 19:15:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have tried it on a 40Gb Maxtor. It did not work.
2007-04-25 00:01:29 · answer #5 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!
putting it in the frezzer and taking it out again will put condensation in it and render it useless.
DONT DO IT!!!
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2007-04-24 19:11:41 · answer #6 · answered by Tomber S 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Um.... freezing a disk won't do you any good.
2007-04-24 19:12:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you do it back up FAST!
2007-04-24 19:19:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-04-24 19:11:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋