Voltageman Posted December 20, 2005 CID Share Posted December 20, 2005 This may have been just coincidence, but I had a hard drive that was making all sorts of noises(mostly on boot up), constantly had bad sectors, etc...Finally, it decided it didnt want to boot anymore... I forget where I read it, but someone said to try throwing it in the freezer... Wouldn't you know it...I popped it in there...(then kinda forgot about it for a day), and to my amazement it worked, and made no noise...I reformatted drive, and to this day have not had a problem with it... Someone explained it has something to do with the physical expansion inside the hard drive from excessive heat, and by cooling it down quickly, it actually will shrink it back to its normal size... Like I said it could have been a freak coincidence, but it worked for me.... Went from about ready to toss a 60gig HD, to having it work like new... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammolo Posted December 21, 2005 CID Share Posted December 21, 2005 Hi, Thats true PC word magazine had an article on that, seems really works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted December 21, 2005 CID Share Posted December 21, 2005 cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted December 21, 2005 CID Share Posted December 21, 2005 wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 21, 2005 CID Share Posted December 21, 2005 Awesome.. although i wouldnt reccomend that lol If that turns out to be positively true i will be shocked thats sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted December 21, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 21, 2005 Awesome.. although i wouldnt reccomend that lol If that turns out to be positively true i will be shocked thats sweet The way I see it, if it's to the point where you've tried everything(with no success), and you're going to throw it out, it can't hurt.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 21, 2005 CID Share Posted December 21, 2005 your absolutly right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 21, 2005 CID Share Posted December 21, 2005 I tried it with an old laptop battery that couldn't do anything but make my laptop sleep, but it didn't work. Hmm my cat likes to sleep maybe I'll put her in the freezer too. (Just kidding peta) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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