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Author: Stephen
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Recovery
If you add silica packets or uncooked rice to the bag they will absorb
moisture. As for pro recovery it's pricey. Data doctors is one of the few
places I know locally that does recovery (drive platter transplant ect)
On Nov 13, 2012 5:11 AM, "" <>
wrote:

> This is what I've done in the past:
> Seal the HD inside a plastic bag in the driest environment you can find.
> Leave it overnite in the freezer (there are other opinions, I'm just
> stating what/how has worked for me)
> Have a puter ready and much better if you can hot-plug the thing.
> Have enough space for the FULL drive and get ddrescue or dd-rescue (they
> *ARE* different, and I have to research it every time).
> Lite candles, do your prayers, find you a goat to sacrifice, pull the HD
> out of the plastic bag, wrap it in paper towel in case you get some
> condensation and go for it. Sometimes I keep it super-cool wrapped around
> some of those freezing gels. I have never used dry ice but I have thought
> about it. The explanation has to do with some internal tolerances being
> reduced to the point that it temporarily functions. I try to disturb the
> drive as little as possible during the copy. All this may be just VooDoo
> and sorcery, but again, it has worked for me.
> YMMV...
> ET
> PS: Free advice, can't sue me... :)
>
>
> Eric Cope writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I have a Western Digital 2.5" hard drive that spins up, but makes a
>> terrible clicking sound at approximately 1Hz. The clicking is bad enough
>> you can feel it when holding the drive. I did some reading on line, and
>> its
>> beyond my skillset. Does anyone know if affordable drive recovery? The
>> data
>> on this disk is not worth thousands, but may be worth 100s.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Eric
>>
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