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jema
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 04 6:40 pm Post subject: Hard drive recovery
A little strange tip! If your PC hard drive goes unreadable, you can often recover the data by putting the hard drive in the freezer for a few hours and then plugging it straight back in. jema

tahir

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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 04 6:43 pm Post subject:
I usually just send 'em back to Maxtor

jema
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 04 6:44 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

I usually just send 'em back to Maxtor

doesn't get your data back though!

This is just to grab the data, it does not really fix the drive.

jema

tahir

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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 04 6:46 pm Post subject:
I have an extremely rigorous back up regime (after I lost my first 500 ripped CDs)

sean
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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 04 6:47 pm Post subject:
Stolen car stereos can be de-coded by putting them in the freezer.........I have been told.

mrutty

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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 04 6:50 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Stolen car stereos can be de-coded by putting them in the freezer.........I have been told.

In the old days yes, the new ones link to the car itself along with the engine management.

culpepper

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Location: Kent

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 04 10:37 pm Post subject:
Funny how temperature can fix things,my grandad used to get clocks going by putting them in the warm oven.

tahir

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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 04 10:01 am Post subject:

culpepper wrote:

Funny how temperature can fix things,my grandad used to get clocks going by putting them in the warm oven.

Better not try it with mine, it's plastic

mrutty

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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 04 10:07 am Post subject:
If the oven is not too hot then it would still work. You're trying to unstick the oil in the spring and gears. It drops to the back and then you clean it off (someone I work for is a clock expert).

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