Recover Hard Drive Data by Freezing?
I came across an interesting article today — apparently it’s possible to recover data from a dead hard drive by freezing it. The article explains that the process of freezing the hard drive causes the metal to shrink and be able to function for a short period of time. The ridiculous number of responses on the article seem to agree that the technique can work effectively to allow data access for 5 minutes to half an hour. I haven’t actually tried this but I’ll definitely remember it the next time I’m trying to save those old family photos that weren’t backed up.
Read the article: http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html