[mythtv-users] failing hard drive - advice on recovering specific recordings - mythlink perhaps

[jacek burghardt]

life hacker says it works. The original poster stated that it works for a
while then it stops after warming up.. so if he cools his drive than the
time to copy all the files will be much longer.


On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
wrote:

> On 6/28/2014 6:15 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>
>> On 28/06/14 07:28, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>>
>>> Hoi jacek,
>>>
>>> Saturday, June 28, 2014, 8:09:02 AM, you wrote:
>>>
>>>  I would recommend placing hard drive in two ziplock bags and then
>>>> in freezer for 12 hours and then just copy all files off  Â
>>>>
>>>
>>> Be very careful with condensation. I would probably only risk this in
>>> a very dry climate!
>>>
>>>  "Two ziplock bags".
>>
>>
> You still have moisture contained within the drive itself, and in the
> ziplock bags.  Putting a hard drive in the freezer such as this should be
> considered likely to destroy the drive, so it should only be used as a last
> ditch attempt.
>
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