Re: Why did this work?
From: Jerry G. (jerryg50_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/23/04
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Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 01:12:51 -0400
Something either mechanical or electronic is warn out, and is changing
its tolerance with temperature. I have seen this in precision devices,
and electronic components that have become thermo sensitive.
Now that you managed to get your data, it's time to get a new hard
drive. In the future, it would be wise to have some type of reliable
backup system.
-- Jerry G. ====== "Ken" <user@domain.invalid> wrote in message news:Fqhed.748819$Gx4.273692@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... I recently struggled with recovering data from a HD that would not run CHKDSK from another Win XP boot drive. After having tried many things, I placed the drive into the freezer for a couple of hours and found that I could copy some of the data I wished to recover and store it on the master HD while it was attached as a slave drive. Once the drive warmed up, I encountered more difficulty in readying additional data. Encouraged by the data I had been able to recover, I placed the HD back in the freezer. When I took it out, and this time while insulated by a plastic bag so that it did not short the electronics, I packed it in ice and attached it as a slave drive again. This kept the drive cold longer, and I was able to recover even more data and for a longer period than the first effort. To make a long story short, I was able to retrieve 700 MB of data and I deemed the effort a success. My question is: Why was data able to be read when the HD was cold and not once it warmed up? Some articles I have read seemed to attribute this to mechanical reasons related to the application of cold. I was wondering if it was not more related to the effect that the cold temperature might have on the semiconductors. That is it might reduce the internal resistance enough to cause a signal to be detected where one would not be detected if warm. Any comments???
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