How To Recover Dead Hard Drive

Steps :

• Remove the hard disk from the computer and seal it in a zip
  lock bag to prevent condensation.
• Putt the hard drive in the freezer! (SHOCKED!!! Keep Reading)
• Remove the drive from freezer after 24 hours.
• Warm it up for several hours.
• Plug it in.

Legend has it that if you put a dead hard drive in a freezer, pull it out and plug it in, it should run long enough to recover the data. Is it true? Indeed, it seems so.

While freezing the drive for a while extends life momentarily, the real trick is to run the hard drive while it’s in the freezer. Just throw in a water tight bag first, of course. Works pretty well with other gadgets including iPod hard drives too.

Evidence:

• More stories of how freezing a hard drive brought it back from the dead.

Note, this only temporarily extends the life of the device, allowing you to recover data before it completely dies.

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