[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.