<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank">kb@2bits.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div>To the hardware gurus out there ...<br><br>I have a disk that was misbehaving for a while, and after a lot of trying, I managed to get the (relatively unimportant) data off of it.<br></div></div></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>One more important point: The disk refused to work when I was attempting to recover the data. I put the disk in the a plastic bag in the freeze for over a day, then let it "thaw", and was able to get the data that way.<br>
<br></div><div>So this trick does work ...<br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com" target="_blank">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br>Fast Reliable Drupal<br>Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.<br>
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. -- Edsger W.Dijkstra<br>Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. -- Leonardo da Vinci<br>For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H.L. Mencken<br>
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