From: Ellen K. 

Hmm, maybe I will try that after I get the new drive put in.  Would be a
better plan if I actually knew how to put in a hard drive... 

On Sat, 02 Nov 2002 06:02:07 GMT, John Beckett
 wrote in message
:

>Ellen K.  wrote in message
>news::
>>... is all due to a failing hard drive ...
>
>Many people have reported that some types of disk failure can be
>temporarily overcome by an hour or two in the freezer!
>
>Here is what I did on a computer where there was no recent backup and the
>disk failed (would not boot):
>
>Remove old disk. Put in anti-static bag. Put that in a plastic bag. Put
>that in freezer of a normal refrigerator, sitting on a thick plastic tray.
>
>After an hour, remove disk from freezer and insert in a good PC as the
>second drive. Boot the system in the good PC and use it to copy stuff from
>the failed drive. The failed drive worked for about half an hour.
>
>John

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