@onzalef333 try putting it in the freezer for a couple hours, then quickly boot and try to get the files. secondly google seagate recovery tools, they sometimes work
@onzalef333 try putting it in the freezer for a couple hours, then quickly boot and try to get the files. secondly google seagate recovery tools, they sometimes work
Freezer?? I'd be very careful powering on any electrical components after putting them near moisture.
Freezer?? I'd be very careful powering on any electrical components after putting them near moisture.
Modern freezers / refrigerators are also dehumidifiers. Some people might incorrectly assume that they are humidifiers because when you pull a cold piece of metal (a hard drive) out of the freezer, it suddenly feels damp. The warm / moist air outside causes a bit of moisture to condense on the casing once it is removed from the cold environment. Drives are sealed, so It's perfectly safe. Any surface moisture quickly evaporates again within minutes. Also, the freezer trick does indeed work in temporarily bringing drives back to life.
@onzalef333 try putting it in the freezer for a couple hours, then quickly boot and try to get the files. secondly google seagate recovery tools, they sometimes work
It really isn't overheating...the drive is spinning...no weird noises....no clicking sounds....I did try some freeze mist just in case, but no luck...
Freezer?? I'd be very careful powering on any electrical components after putting them near moisture.
Modern freezers / refrigerators are also dehumidifiers. Some people might incorrectly assume that they are humidifiers because when you pull a cold piece of metal (a hard drive) out of the freezer, it suddenly feels damp. The warm / moist air outside causes a bit of moisture to condense on the casing once it is removed from the cold environment. Drives are sealed, so It's perfectly safe. Any surface moisture quickly evaporates again within minutes. Also, the freezer trick does indeed work in temporarily bringing drives back to life.
Never heard of this one before...might be worth a shot....but this drive is not completely dead (not yet anyway)...from all the stuff I've tried, everything is pointing to the controller of the stupid drive....and since it's integrated to the hard drive, I can't bypass it! :-@
Freezer?? I'd be very careful powering on any electrical components after putting them near moisture.
Modern freezers / refrigerators are also dehumidifiers. Some people might incorrectly assume that they are humidifiers because when you pull a cold piece of metal (a hard drive) out of the freezer, it suddenly feels damp. The warm / moist air outside causes a bit of moisture to condense on the casing once it is removed from the cold environment. Drives are sealed, so It's perfectly safe. Any surface moisture quickly evaporates again within minutes. Also, the freezer trick does indeed work in temporarily bringing drives back to life.
That's not entirely true. Drives being sealed doesn't make it perfectly safe because the circuit board can also condense moisture that causes a short circuit on today's finer pitched component balls and leads plus they now have a water soluble residue on the PCB.
Plus, drives aren't necessarily sealed. Many of them have a breather hole to equalize pressure as they heat up. It does have a filter medium on it to keep out dust but I don't recall ever reading of it being impermeable to water vapor.
What you can do is seal the drive in a ziplock baggie with all extra air siphoned out, then when it is taken out of the freezer, open the baggie only long enough to plug the power and data cable in, then tape the bag shut as well as reasonably possible. With minimal new air getting in, there is minimal water vapor that can condense on the drive.
The freezer trick "can" work to bring drives back, but usually fails and when it does work, it tends to stop working again in a matter of minutes. Sometimes it might even run for a few more days but it's really a last ditch effort for someone too cheap to have a data recovery expert take a look at it.
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Now I'll probably have to pay a pretty penny to recover all my children's movies and pictures from it!
:'-(
Freezer?? I'd be very careful powering on any electrical components after putting them near moisture.
Modern freezers / refrigerators are also dehumidifiers. Some people might incorrectly assume that they are humidifiers because when you pull a cold piece of metal (a hard drive) out of the freezer, it suddenly feels damp. The warm / moist air outside causes a bit of moisture to condense on the casing once it is removed from the cold environment. Drives are sealed, so It's perfectly safe. Any surface moisture quickly evaporates again within minutes. Also, the freezer trick does indeed work in temporarily bringing drives back to life.
It really isn't overheating...the drive is spinning...no weird noises....no clicking sounds....I did try some freeze mist just in case, but no luck...
Never heard of this one before...might be worth a shot....but this drive is not completely dead (not yet anyway)...from all the stuff I've tried, everything is pointing to the controller of the stupid drive....and since it's integrated to the hard drive, I can't bypass it! :-@
That's not entirely true. Drives being sealed doesn't make it perfectly safe because the circuit board can also condense moisture that causes a short circuit on today's finer pitched component balls and leads plus they now have a water soluble residue on the PCB.
Plus, drives aren't necessarily sealed. Many of them have a breather hole to equalize pressure as they heat up. It does have a filter medium on it to keep out dust but I don't recall ever reading of it being impermeable to water vapor.
What you can do is seal the drive in a ziplock baggie with all extra air siphoned out, then when it is taken out of the freezer, open the baggie only long enough to plug the power and data cable in, then tape the bag shut as well as reasonably possible. With minimal new air getting in, there is minimal water vapor that can condense on the drive.
The freezer trick "can" work to bring drives back, but usually fails and when it does work, it tends to stop working again in a matter of minutes. Sometimes it might even run for a few more days but it's really a last ditch effort for someone too cheap to have a data recovery expert take a look at it.
Thank you!