Truly this is off topic.

On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Nick Holland wrote:

SNIP

> I had a client who recovered data from an overheating drive by putting
> it in a freezer for a while -- pulled it out, plugged it in, booted
> up, did a quick backup, replaced the drive. Wouldn't have been my
> first guess...but it worked.
>
> Nick.

I'll vouch for this procedure, only thing is you get funny looks from your
partner with "Honey, why is the hard drive in the freezer?"

Years ago, there was a quality control problems with some Seagate drives,
related to having too much oil added to the bearing when they were built.
Over time the oil would spread out onto the platter surface, when the
drive was turned off the head(s) would settle and get stuck in the oil.
The quick fix was a 1-2" vertical drop onto a hard surface.

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