Data Recovery of a non-spinning external PT Hard Drive

[albee1952]

One more "Hail Mary" for a spinning drive that doesn't spin; put the drive in a ziplock back and stick it in the freezer for 3-4 hours. I know everyone will think this is nuts, but it did work for me on 1 drive and allowed me to copy all the data. It did not work on 2 other occasions, but 1 out of 3 is better than none(and cheaper than $4K)

[mattrixx]

I've had similar successes with USB sticks and iLok that have failed.... Just works long enough to recover licenses etc.

[zavid]

Originally Posted by mattrixx

I've had similar successes with USB sticks and iLok that have failed.... Just works long enough to recover licenses etc.

Originally Posted by albee1952

One more "Hail Mary" for a spinning drive that doesn't spin; put the drive in a ziplock back and stick it in the freezer for 3-4 hours. I know everyone will think this is nuts, but it did work for me on 1 drive and allowed me to copy all the data. It did not work on 2 other occasions, but 1 out of 3 is better than none(and cheaper than $4K)

.....this "technology" is very very really reassuring....

in what f..... hands are we ?

[Sugarnutz]

Originally Posted by albee1952

One more "Hail Mary" for a spinning drive that doesn't spin; put the drive in a ziplock back and stick it in the freezer for 3-4 hours. I know everyone will think this is nuts, but it did work for me on 1 drive and allowed me to copy all the data. It did not work on 2 other occasions, but 1 out of 3 is better than none(and cheaper than $4K)

This is an ancient but tried & true method of data retrieval from back in the day!