Re: [tlug] Clunk, Clunk, the Drive is Dead

[Andrew Hamilton <awh@example.com>]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 11:30:50AM -0800, Walter Hansen wrote:
> Also if you need the info from the
> drive,  putting it in the freezer for a hour or so can sometimes make it
> work fine.

Note that the "freezer trick" will typically only get you an extra 
read, or at most two, from a drive that is on its last legs..  We'll
do the freezer trick for clients with bad drives, but typically we
take it straight out of the freezer and hook it up to the Ghost box
for duplication.

 - awh