Re: [ILUG-BOM] Freezing HDDs

Sometime Today, Rony Bill assembled some asciibets to say:

Yes I read about the freezer bag part to avoid condensation. Are these bags available readymade or some special type of bag is to be used.

Readily available. Standard freezer bags with ziplocks.

My experience (summarised):

Hard disk not detected - freezer bag - freezer - 24 hours - remove, allow to reach room temperature, keep under fan to get rid of any moisture - put into PC - hard disk detected and works for 1 week. Repeat.

I bought a new hard disk when it stopped working the second time and transferred the data after the 2nd 24 hour stay in the freezer.

HTH. YMMV.

Philip

PS: The hard disk in question was a Quantum Bigfoot 2GB drive (5 1/4" drive).