Freezing Hard Drive for Data Recovery (was Re: [tlug] Help! Total hardware failure)

[jep200404 <jep200404@example.com>]

Dave M G wrote: 

> This time when it boots up again, there is a clicking noise. 
> Not a beep or anything like that, but a mechanical clicking noise. 

That's the swan sound of your hard drive. 

I have successfully used the freezer technique. 

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