harddrive in the freezer

[blue107]

i recently found one of my computer hard drives in the freezer in a baggy and i was wondering why my uncle put it in there

[Mercifull]

i recently found one of my computer hard drives in the freezer in a baggy and i was wondering why my uncle put it in there

He's an idiot. A freezer would destroy a HDD because the moisture in the air would form ice crystals on the serface and in the electronics inside. While its possible to supercool a hard drive to inprove performance putting one in a freezer is a foolish way and would only serve to degrade it.

[wooden_fire]

hard drives are airtight to keep them free from dust, and muck in the air.

 

 

 

sometimes people say that you can recover data by freezing a hard drive

[Chris]

hard drives are airtight to keep them free from dust, and muck in the air.

 

 

 

sometimes people say that you can recover data by freezing a hard drive

 

 

 

It's true that sometimes you can recover data by cooling a hardrive down, but to leave it in a freezer is still a bad idea. Although, if it's already broken. What's the harm in trying. :)

[Kinslayer777]

No need to call names, but that is a very unintelligable thing, a myth, and not the way to fix a harddrive. if you dont know what you're doing, and you do need things from the harddrive, just pay to get it fixed, people can access your data almost always, although the more damaged, the more expensive and difficult usually.

[Anesthesia]

It is possible to recover data from a hard drive that is broken IN A CERTAIN WAY by putting it in the freezer for an hour. And it should only be done as a last resort.

 

 

 

It does NOT fix the hard drive. It simply makes it temporarily usable (approx 10 mins), during which time you can recover essential data.

 

 

 

Read:

 

 

 

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php? ... ht=freezer

 

 

 

The theory is that the drive platters and arms will contract slightly in the cold, overcoming any physical issues such as chips, debris, and troughs in platters caused by head slaps or malfunctioning actuators. Of course this is only good for as long as the components remain cold enough, so the time window is very much limited. I suppose if you have an overheating drive it might also give you an extra few minutes before the critical temperature is reached. Either way I've not seen it work personally, and only heard of it working a handful of times out of the couple hundred failed drives I've helped people through over the years.

 

 

 

If you've got a toasted circuit board, thrown bearings, or severe platter/head damage, it's not going to save you. Also, some drives that fail to initialize or perform properly due to physical issues (e.g. chittering drives) generally respond better to being mounted upside down or sideways. I've had a number of these over the years as the units reach EOL and the remounts buy a few extra weeks of operation. Stuck heads may be freed by hitting the side of the drive firmly with something hard but not overly massed, like a screwdriver. That I've only done once, to no good effect; the drive spun up after that, but was still beyond saving.

 

 

 

For those in high-humidity areas, be fast about it.

[blue107]

ok update on it

 

 

 

his computer is now working so i think he did it right and its working fine now :o

 

 

 

my uncle works for MS so i wasnt really worried which is why i didnt want to ask him without sounding like an idiot, i havent seen him in like 4 years so that would be a bad impression(works somewhere in washington)

 

 

 

its been in there for a long(few weeks) time apparently so either you were all wrong or theres a correct way to do it

[Kinslayer777]

Yes but we were under the impression you just 'found' a harddrive in the freezer giving us no clue he was proffesional or that he was in the process of a short cooldown not sticking it in the freezer like a glowstick. Its VERY rare the freezer will help, and almost always will damage it more, so its not recommended.

 

 

 

 

 

+ you said it was in a plastic baggy, which makes you think sealed plastic baggy. A sealed plastic baggy would fog up and water would collect...Not good for eletronics

[Kinslayer777]

ok update on it

 

 

 

his computer is now working so i think he did it right and its working fine now :o

 

 

 

 

first off, you said it was your harddrive. Secondly, how do you know he isnt just running on the second drive or that he didnt replace the drive?

[zonda]

Lol, when I read that opening line I laughed so god damn hard. That was the funniest thing I've read all day. Thanks.

[Nadril]

I haven't put a quote in my sig for a long time not, but i had to put this in there.

 

 

 

Thank you for the laugh :lol: .

[SageSparten007]

you people have way to much time on your hands **chough cough** nerds :-w

 

 

 

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[blade995]

What did you just go looking for a thead to call someone a nerd in? This post is 6 days old, it's dead, you had nothing usefull to contribute so you shouldn't have posted at all.

 

 

 

Your calling people nerds but in this thead here you suggested newegg for computer stuff, so I can call you a nerd too, NERD!

 

 

 

For people who work in the computer field that make a lot of money and need the data off a non working hard drive this is a solution. Not just something you do in your free time because your bored.

[Tigra00]

you people have way to much time on your hands **chough cough** nerds :-w

 

 

 

Fact: These people will make at LEAST $80,000 a year more than you when you grow up.

 

 

 

Oddly, the people who you called nerds as a kid will be the ones calling you "loser" when you're an adult.

 

 

 

*Giggle*

[Cruiser]

Oddly, the people who you called nerds as a kid will be the ones calling you "loser" when you're an adult.

 

 

 

We won't be calling him loser, we'll be telling him to go pick up our suit from the cleaners or watching him make our burgers for the day's lunch. :lol: