Place the double wrapped hard drive in the coldest part of your freezer. Leave the hard drive in the freezer for 12 hours at least. You want it good and cold! (see figure 2 below) ...

Stick it in the freezer. One of the methods I have used before is to actually remove the drive from the PC, place it in the freezer for a day, then quickly put it back in the machine and try to ...

14 Life Hacks That Seem Fake But Can Really Help You Out. – ‘Hard drive in the freezer to get it to spin up one more time.’ Story by Matthew Gilligan • 2mo ...

In 2007, we listed the “freezer trick” as one of the solutions to revive a failed hard drive. Well, consider that solution as over as the last Ice Age. Freezing a hard drive is one of those ...