<p>Yeah the freezing thing works (did for me many times), but mostly for something where the drive is stuck. If either the needle on the read head or the spindle hands, the contraction can help free it. Just be sure to put it in a ziplock etc when freezing, as condensation is not your friend!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 19, 2013 9:06 AM, "Tim Sattarov" <<a href="mailto:stimur-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">stimur-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:48 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <<a href="mailto:hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org">hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Interesting.<br>
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actually, I found better explanation why could it help:<br>
<a href="http://superuser.com/questions/353910/why-does-freezing-your-hard-drive-sometimes-help-to-recover-data-technical-deta" target="_blank">http://superuser.com/questions/353910/why-does-freezing-your-hard-drive-sometimes-help-to-recover-data-technical-deta</a><br>
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Tim<br>
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