[BlueOnyx:10789] Re: Blue Onyx 5106R Crash

[Ralf Quint]

At 12:01 PM 6/13/2012, Chuck Tetlow wrote:
>If you've already done a erase/test on that drive - its too 
>late.  But if not, there are some tricks you can try to recover some 
>or all of the data.
>
>The most frequently successful trick is to freeze the 
>drive.  Cooling it down temporarily brings back electronics that are 
>on the edge or partly failed.  And since the mechanical components 
>shrink - you can sometimes spin up drives that won't otherwise 
>spin.  Mind you - it won't last for long.  So toss the drive in the 
>freezer for a couple hours, hook it to a computer (Linux of course) 
>as second drive, mount the drive, and start copying data as quickly 
>as possible.  Oh, and put a fan blowing across it once its in 
>operation to keep it as cool as possible as long as possible.
>
>I've recovered data from a number of drives that way, and sometimes 
>you can do it more than once to get everything off the drive.  It 
>all depends on what's failed/failing on the drive and how bad its gotten.
>
>Good luck recovering.

In the freezer?!?!?!? Certainly not, that is likely to do more damage 
than good IMHO...

What sometimes works however is to put a drive into a fridge for a 
couple of hours, sealed in a ziploc bag with a couple of those silica 
gel packs, so that no moisture gets to the drive itself.

Ralf