+1 on kcarlile's and JamieG's advice. Both excellent ideas.

But if that doesn't work, you can try the freezer.

Usually it doesn't work, so don't get too excited. But it is possible. Over the years, I've tried it or seen it tried on perhaps 20 dead hard drives. On all but one case, nothing. But on that one case, the frozen drive booted and functioned long enough to copy the important data off of it.

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