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

[Manny]

Hex Star wrote:
> On 8/2/07, Briza <bpa65117 at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>
>> So what ever happened to this? :)
>>
>> What has happened is that I had a major Pc crash and my archive is sitting
>> on the crashed drive. Only just got my Pc up and running again. I had a
>> faulty IDE cable which caused this. replaced that. But no so sure I can
>> access the crashed drive.
>>
>> I'll soon let other coconuts know If I'm successful.
> 
> 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.

-M.