Iomega Prestige Desktop 500 GB USB 20 Hard Drive "freezer stops working starts" Questions

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Question about Hitachi Computers & Internet

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...working. It sounds as if it's having trouble spinning and won't be recognized by my computer anymore. Is is broken? What can a do to fix it? Your drive has failed. to try to get back some of your ...

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Question about Western Digital Computers & Internet

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...freezer for about an hour or so ,the remove nylon and connect it to your PC, with some luck hopefully it runs OK, other thing can be done that you replace controller board for faulty HD with exact ...

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...working any more. The drive is TOAST!. There may be a way you can recover files but it is time consuming and you need another computer. You need to have another computer that you can rapidly plug the ...

Question about Maxtor Computers & Internet

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...There is a trick to get some files off that sometimes works. Go ahead and stick the drive in the freezer for about an hour. Then, think about where the files are you most want off. Quickly plug ...

...is dead. Not much chance of fixing it. An old trick, that rarely works, is to put the drive in a freezer overnight. If the spindle bearings are what went bad, the cold may tighten everything up ...

freezer. I got all my pictures and priceless data off this drive overnight. It did stop a few times (says it can't find the file and the drive stops spinning) and I was able to unplug it, plug it back

...freezer, plug the drive in and see what it does. It may only work for a few minutes, for hours, or weeks. Pull your data off as fast as you can, if it stops again, re-freeze it and start where you ...

Question about Seagate Computers & Internet

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...freezer it will work again? i view the video in youtube That is a myth and I would really recommend you to NOT try it as when it starts to dry out your electrical will get condensation in it then you ...

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