External hard drive failed

pendragon_arther

bsod wrote: »

I've heard claims of alien abduction, magnets that improve fuel efficiency along with health and wealth, ghosts and contact with the spirit world, broken watches that suddenly come to life if shaken during a tv programme on the topic, and a whole host of other nonsense, none of which stand up to any form of scrutiny

The op with a possible corrupt partition table isn't going to flip a significant bit from one to a zero by placing it next to the fish fingers for a few hours, so this debate, whilst entertaining, is distracting from the matter at hand.

Wow, you get around a lot because I haven't heard of all those wonderful things:T

Anyways, here a couple of folks who the freezer method has worked for

http://www.thetechmentor.com/posts/put-your-hard-drive-in-the-freezer-to-recover-data/

http://lifehacker.com/5515337/save-a-failed-hard-drive-in-your-freezer-redux

http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html

bsod

If it's on three blogs, it must be true. I must learn to use a search engine one day.

Put your hard disk in the freezer and let us know what happens, don't forget to double up those zip lock freezer bags.

Jeffery1679

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AndyPix

Canned meat product ??