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<blockquote data-quote="OnOff" data-source="post: 348168" data-attributes="member: 16173"><p>The idea of freezing an HDD is that it might in fact be "jammed" - sometimes you'll hear a duff one just making a repetitive clicking. The idea is that over time the fast rotating platter(s) inside become a bit warped and stick on the reading head.</p><p></p><p>You take the drive out and slip it in a couple of freezer bags one inside the other. Make sure it's sealed up tight. Then you bury the drive in the freezer (somewhere where it won't get knocked) for an extended period say 12 to 24 hours. You then need to be quick when you take it out and reconnect. With luck the plattens will have shrunk through simple contraction for everything to spin freely again and you'll be able to read the drive and extract the data. Have a think about what you want and get that first. Of course as the drive warms up the platten will expand and may jam up again so you might need to repeat it.</p><p></p><p>TBH though I know the theory I've never got it to work! I dropped a 400GB media player and tried the disc out of that in the freezer - guess it was a bit more serious than a bit of warping!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OnOff, post: 348168, member: 16173"] The idea of freezing an HDD is that it might in fact be "jammed" - sometimes you'll hear a duff one just making a repetitive clicking. The idea is that over time the fast rotating platter(s) inside become a bit warped and stick on the reading head. You take the drive out and slip it in a couple of freezer bags one inside the other. Make sure it's sealed up tight. Then you bury the drive in the freezer (somewhere where it won't get knocked) for an extended period say 12 to 24 hours. You then need to be quick when you take it out and reconnect. With luck the plattens will have shrunk through simple contraction for everything to spin freely again and you'll be able to read the drive and extract the data. Have a think about what you want and get that first. Of course as the drive warms up the platten will expand and may jam up again so you might need to repeat it. TBH though I know the theory I've never got it to work! I dropped a 400GB media player and tried the disc out of that in the freezer - guess it was a bit more serious than a bit of warping! [/QUOTE]
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