Hi, so I've recently had my hard disk die on me. I noticed that it's dying when my computer became extremely slow. Read/write speeds are very low so I checked SMART values to find out that there are 1563 reallocated sectors and 16 pending sectors. Hard disk was extremely slow so I couldn't backup as Windows kept hanging whenever I started to backup. And it took ages to boot up. Later on I got a new hard disk and connected the faulty one as a secondary drive to recover data using recuva. Given that it's still faulty recuva take ages even to read the content on the hard disk. It's so frustrating that sometimes hard disk doesn't even respond at all. I've been hearing that by putting hard disk in the freezer it enables to recover data for a while. I want to make sure that it won't get any worse so my question is that for how many of you that it worked and how many of you think it would work.
Does "Freezing hard drive" trick enables to recover data?
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casper1973
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You are more likely to damage the drive further.
Condensation will occur no matter how well you seal drive. And not just on the outside of the drive; it can occur inside too. Condensation directly on the platters = very bad news
Besides condensation there is also the possibility lubricant within the bearings will freeze over.
In short, if you value your data keep it out of the freezer.
Condensation will occur no matter how well you seal drive. And not just on the outside of the drive; it can occur inside too. Condensation directly on the platters = very bad news
Besides condensation there is also the possibility lubricant within the bearings will freeze over.
In short, if you value your data keep it out of the freezer.
D_Know_WD
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Hi there cxgamer,
I would say that this is not a good idea as well. Also, I don't really see how this is going to help in case of many bad sectors.
One other thing you can try is to use Ubuntu Live CD. Check this out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267999-32-recover-data-mode
Some users find this useful in similar cases.
After that, and in case the drive is still under warranty, you can just contact the manufacturer and eventually RMA the drive.
Cheers,
D_Know_WD
I would say that this is not a good idea as well. Also, I don't really see how this is going to help in case of many bad sectors.
One other thing you can try is to use Ubuntu Live CD. Check this out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267999-32-recover-data-mode
Some users find this useful in similar cases.
After that, and in case the drive is still under warranty, you can just contact the manufacturer and eventually RMA the drive.
Cheers,
D_Know_WD
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