On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 06:44:09PM -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > One other thing I've seen work: Put the disk in the freezer for > a while. I have to comment--only do this if the data on the disk is NOT very important to you, if you must do it. If it _is_ important, give the disk to someone like Gillware (gillware.com) for professional recovery. They have the tools, up to and including a clean room for disassembled recovery. The more you work on a disk with damaged hardware, the greater the probability that you'll exacerbate the damage, often to the point that even recovery services won't work. Now, if there's no hardware damage to the disk--it's just logical corruption--you stand a far better chance of doing your own recovery, although I urge the use of a write blocker. But in this case, you don't need to consider freezing the disk (or some of the other "recovery techniques" I've heard over the years--dropping the disk a few inches on a hard surface, putting it in the oven, etc.) Frankly, while some of these came from real-world instances--for instance, the bit about dropping the disk worked on some drives, long ago, because they used the wrong lubricant and there was a "stiction" problem--most are humbug. Think long and hard about how important that data really is, and do some serious googling before trying any of these. Sincerely, -- Dave Ihnat dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
