Señor Exodus, Rey del Queso wrote:
Freezing a HD -actually- works????
Friend's uncle told me he did that and I thought he went looney. Granted...it didn't help that he also pryed open his HD to try and fix it himself after freezing didn't work.
Friend's uncle told me he did that and I thought he went looney. Granted...it didn't help that he also pryed open his HD to try and fix it himself after freezing didn't work.
Yes, it works. It's a last ditch effort after all other avenues have been exhausted after a head crash. Freezing causes the metals to get cold. The colder the metal, the more it contracts. Some times it's enough to raise the heads up off the platter for a short period of time.
How much time you have depends on how hard the crash was, but it's not a lot of time. It's also a one time deal quite often. Hard-drives are sealed units but they do have some moisture in their casing. Freezing causes it to condense and freeze, which then melts from both the ambient temperature and operational heat generated from friction and the servos.
split off the freezer baby thread to prevent hijacking
Edited, Nov 28th 2006 5:17pm by Nizdaar