[Novalug] Hard Drive Data Recovery

[Angelo Bertolli]

Mark Smith wrote:
> there are two things you can do yourself (neither of which i have tried).
>
> if you suspect the controller is bad, find another exactly the same
> disk drive.  swap the controllers.
>
> if you suspect a heat related problems.  stuff the disk drive in the
> freezer and read what you can as quickly as possible.  i know someone
> who was successful using this method.  this is listed as a "myth" on
> the page you specified so ymmv.
This worked for me once, but I have no idea why it worked.  I didn't 
think it was a heat-related problem, but instead a humidity-related 
problem.  (Actually neither make a lot of sense.)