[Coco] Need to know if I'm in safe waters here

[Manny]

Frank Pittel wrote:


>>> Ugh that sucks :(. Is the problem the drive isn't spinning? If so, you can

>>> freeze the drive in your freezer, thaw it and you may be lucky enough to 

>>> get

>>> it spinning again temporarily ...

>> Briza, DO NOT FREEZE YOUR DRIVE! I researched this about a year or so 

>> ago and it can cause (or lead to) all sort of other troubles that will 

>> definitely thrash your data, not to mention the hardware in the drive.

> 

> I thought that the problem was a bad ide cable. Freezing the drive

> won't help with that.


Yeah, I know that, but Hex's knowledge of hardware must be deficient or 
he's not paying attention.

-M.