OT - Data Recovery Service

[Bradley Hook]

The freezer trick has been known to work, but a study on hard drive 
failures that was recently released by Google suggests that drives fail 
frequently when they are running "cold." Freezing and then warming the 
drive causes expanding and contraction, which may shift internal 
components enough to temporarily fix minor mechanical problems. But make 
sure you don't run the drive while it is extremely cold, or you may end 
up further damaging the drive. Let it return to room temperature before 
putting it back in your machine.

An interesting note: according to Google's data, drives that averaged 
35-45C (95-115F) running temperature seemed to have lower failure rates 
than those that were running cooler or hotter. Perhaps liquid cooling 
your hard-drives isn't such a great idea after all.

~Bradley

Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> On Monday 19 February 2007 11:36, David Nicol wrote:
> ...
>> Start by letting the bad drive cool...
> 
> Some even go so far as to put it in the freezer.  This can help if the drive 
> is failing to spin up or seek too.
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