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

["Walter Hansen" <gandalf@example.com>]

Sorry I didn't mention that. Freezing the drive like that is actually bad
for it so it's not good to use it on a drive that you want to continue
using (say one with a bad write or other non-hardware problem). The drive
I used it on was heating up until it was too hot to touch. By freezing it
I was able to extend the time until it supperheated considerably and I was
able to use this time to backup the info off the drive.


> 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
>
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