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You know, I thought this was more or less a gimmick / joke.
It just happens that one of my HDs made a click of death noise, it was in a dormant system for a few weeks, and it just wouldn't get recognized by the system when I finally turned it on, nor a external USB device. I tried a few different systems, and each couldn't see it.
I did already have a backup, so I wasn't too worried when this happened, so I threw it in the chest freezer (0F) for a few days, and today, I got it out, and tested it, and it actually started working again.
I then did a byte compare of the frozen HD with my backup, just to find out how long it would last, and after 6 hours it still is going strong. Did a few power cycles, and it gets recognized by any system I have tried it on.
SMART is worthless as usual, both before & after the freeze.
From what I can tell, it happens because of overheated metal parts that have expanded. Not really sure if this is true or not, since AFAIK, the HD never reached a temp that is over the safe limit, and is usually around 38C.
Anyway, just thought I would share this.
It just happens that one of my HDs made a click of death noise, it was in a dormant system for a few weeks, and it just wouldn't get recognized by the system when I finally turned it on, nor a external USB device. I tried a few different systems, and each couldn't see it.
I did already have a backup, so I wasn't too worried when this happened, so I threw it in the chest freezer (0F) for a few days, and today, I got it out, and tested it, and it actually started working again.
I then did a byte compare of the frozen HD with my backup, just to find out how long it would last, and after 6 hours it still is going strong. Did a few power cycles, and it gets recognized by any system I have tried it on.
SMART is worthless as usual, both before & after the freeze.
From what I can tell, it happens because of overheated metal parts that have expanded. Not really sure if this is true or not, since AFAIK, the HD never reached a temp that is over the safe limit, and is usually around 38C.
Anyway, just thought I would share this.