[Leaplist] Fastest backup possible?

[Phil Barnett]

On Friday 15 August 2008 01:46:47 pm patrick wrote:
> Chris wrote:

> Never in the FRIDGE!!!  It only condenses water on the controller board,
> and internally, on the platters and heads!  That is the recipe for RUST
> and oxidation that really KILLS the electronics and mechanical parts!
>
> I usually place a laptop drive in a "sled" (dismantled external drive
> enclosure), and pull files off it onto another drive, if possible.

I have to disagree with the no freezing thing. If everything else fails, try 
it. But generally it only works when the drive fails after it heats up. 
Freezing makes the temperature curve take longer to reach the fail point.

Then, when you have rescued everything off of it you can, a 30 second dip in 
liquid nitrogen and a 4 foot drop to concrete is a perfectly reasonable way 
to end it's life and much less work than picking up a hammer...

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