put the hard drive into a zip lock bag
put it in a freezer for 2 hours
put it back in, and copy from it what you can, i guess in order of priority
not gonna last long, but this does work.

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yer, my mate did the freezer trick. it works.

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rofl you guys are kidding right?

Kind of reminds me about the news post i read not long ago were a kid was told to 'cool down his xbox' by putting it in a plastic bag and lowered the bag into a pot of water with it turned on..

he lived if anyone cares.. I sure dont. Stupid idiot shouldn't have asked an internet forum for advice let alone listened to dumb advice.


I would recommend you put that hard drive into another machine as a slave, and install "Ontrack EasyRecovery™ Professional" on that machine and use it on your hard drive.. Your data is still technically there even if it has been deleted/formatted. Aslong as you havent written over it with new data.

You'd be suprised how shit can be recovered even when its in little peices.

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Originally posted by Fl@k Monkey rofl you guys are kidding right?

no this is 100% legit
if the hard drive isnt working and you cant read anything off it, it's what you do.

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Gives a whole new view on "my hard drive froze up"



Sorry, Couldn't resist, Definately some pretty interesting stuff though. I'll have to give that a go sometime.

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yeah, id never heard of this either. but then again ive never had a HD die. but thanks for the heads up

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well i will give it a go, but the drive is clicking and making some strange noises, i gather the platters are stuffed...

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here is a freezer story

http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/20...cover-data.html

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Originally posted by jeronemango well i will give it a go, but the drive is clicking and making some strange noises, i gather the platters are stuffed...

Is the hard drive showing up in windows?
Have you tried putting it in another machine and accessing it?
Have you tried running an Ultimate Boot CD scan on it?
What brand is the hard drive? Maxtors usually die pretty fast
Can you describe the sound it makes? Is it clunky? or Clicky like it wants to blow up? etc

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Originally posted by Fl@k Monkey maxtors usually die pretty fast

very very VERY true.

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yea i tried everything, will do the freezer thing but if that dont work i wont have any other options really.

its an old segate.. its pretty old so kinda not surprised really.

so can anyone offer to help me out if the freezer dont work.

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